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This report of a trip through battle-torn Stalingrad was written by Author Konstantin Simonov, published in Moscow's Krasnaya Zvezda and cabled to TIME by its Moscow Correspondent Walter ...
In August 1942, the Stalingrad Grain Elevator became one of the most brutal strongpoints of the battle, defended by just 50 Soviet soldiers, sailors, and NKVD men against an entire German division ...
Dive into the most intense chapter of the Battle of Stalingrad, where block-by-block combat turned the city into a fiery graveyard. Watch as Soviet defenders, backed into the banks of the Volga ...
The Battle of Stalingrad is considered the largest and bloodiest combat in history. One of the most essential battles of World War II, it pitted Hitler's troops against Stalin's resistance ...
A new documentary, Stalingrad: The Last Letters, produced by Dan Snow’s streaming service, History Hit, unveils newly translated and never-before-seen or heard accounts that shed light on the ...
Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday it was up to residents of Volgograd to decide whether the city should revert to the name of Stalingrad, as it was called when Soviet forces defeated ...
Russia's President Vladimir Putin signed a decree late on Tuesday renaming the airport in Volgograd as Stalingrad, as the city was known when the Soviet army defeated the Nazi German forces in the ...
The new name, “Stalingrad International,” commemorates Soviet WWII victory, reflecting growing Soviet nostalgia and authoritarian symbolism as part of broader efforts to justify Putin’s war ...