Pavlov's House

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Pavlov's House is a heavily fortified apartment building in Stalingrad famed for its prolonged and symbolic defense by Soviet soldiers during the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf building
historic site
associatedWith Vasily Chuikov NERFINISHED
Yakov Pavlov NERFINISHED
buildingType apartment building
commemoratedIn Russian military tradition
Soviet historiography
conflict Battle of Stalingrad NERFINISHED
countryDuringBattle Soviet Union NERFINISHED
currentNameOfCity Volgograd NERFINISHED
defendedBy Red Army NERFINISHED
Soviet 62nd Army NERFINISHED
defenseDuration approximately 58 days
frontLineStatus front-line strongpoint
garrisonSize small Soviet platoon
hasAlternativeDescription heavily fortified apartment block
hasCulturalSignificance icon of Soviet resistance in Battle of Stalingrad
hasFortification anti-tank rifles
barbed wire
machine-gun positions
minefields
sniper positions
trenches
hasMemorial monument on site
hasPlaque commemorative inscription
heritageStatus war memorial
locatedIn Stalingrad NERFINISHED
Volgograd NERFINISHED
locatedInCountry Russia NERFINISHED
Soviet Union NERFINISHED
namedAfter Yakov Pavlov NERFINISHED
notableFor prolonged defense by Soviet soldiers
symbolic resistance against German forces
occupantRole Soviet infantrymen
opposedBy German 6th Army NERFINISHED
Wehrmacht NERFINISHED
partOf Eastern Front of World War II NERFINISHED
startOfDefense 1942
strategicImportance overlooked a square and key approaches in central Stalingrad
symbolizes Soviet tenacity
urban defensive warfare
timePeriod World War II
urbanContext central Stalingrad NERFINISHED
usedAs fire support position
observation post
stronghold

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Stalingrad
notableStructure

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