Stalingrad
Britishnoun
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The decisive encounter of the year was the Battle of Stalingrad, in southwest Russia, which began on July 17, 1942.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
The case has dragged due to judicial and prosecutorial recusals and other procedural challenges in what has become known as "Stop Stalingrad", in reference to a tactic aimed at wearing down proceeding through constant appeals.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
Josef Stalin appeared on numerous stamps while he was the dictator of the Soviet Union and renamed a major city Stalingrad, after himself.
From Slate ● Dec. 20, 2025
By World War II, even as scientists were manufacturing gallons of phages to combat cholera, dysentery, and gangrene in Stalingrad and Leningrad, much the West had given up on phages.
From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2024
On February 2, 1943, the six-month-long battle for the city of Stalingrad came to an end.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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