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Stalingrad

British  
/ stəlinˈɡrat, ˈstɑːlɪnˌɡræd /

noun

  1. the former name (1925–61) of Volgograd

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

The German defeat at Stalingrad forced Tojo to reassess his grand strategy, which counted on a German victory over Britain and the Soviet Union.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 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

By early 9 if 3, the Soviet army had finally halted the massive German invasion just short of the Soviet cities of Stalingrad, Moscow, and Leningrad.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin

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