Soviet forces under Marshal Georgy Zhukov won a fierce battle for the city of Stalingrad -- now Volgograd.

VOA: special.2011.06.09

Earlier,Soviet forces had succeeded in breaking German attacks at Stalingrad,Moscow and Leningrad.

VOA: special.2011.06.16

It made its backers rich. Financiers in the Washington,D.C., area also knew what canals meant to cities like Venice in Italy and Tsaritsyn - later called Stalingrad and Volgograd - in Russia.

VOA: standard.2010.04.29

Was Stalingrad really he turning point that spelled the downfall of Nazi Germany?

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Russians have been celebrating the 70th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Stalingrad.

BBC: Russia marks 70 years since Battle of Stalingrad

Battles over finances and custody remain the Iwo Jima and Stalingrad of divorce cases.

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