Volgograd
[ vol-guh-grad, vohl-; Russian vuh l-guh-graht ]
/ ˈvɒl gəˌgræd, ˈvoʊl-; Russian vəl gʌˈgrɑt /
noun
a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Volga River: battles in World War II, September 1942–February 1943.
Formerly
Stalingrad,
Tsaritsyn.
Example sentences from the Web for volgograd
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The girls, former students from Moscow and Volgograd universities, preferred to keep their real Russian names anonymous.
British Dictionary definitions for volgograd
Volgograd
/ (Russian vəlɡaˈɡrat, English ˈvɒlɡəˌɡræd) /
noun
a port in SW Russia, on the River Volga: scene of a major engagement (1918) during the civil war and again in World War II (1942–43), in which the German forces were defeated; major industrial centre. Pop: 1 016 000 (2005 est)
Former names: (until 1925) Tsaritsyn, (1925–61) Stalingrad
Cultural definitions for volgograd
Volgograd
[ (vol-guh-grad, vohl-guh-grad) ]
City located in southern Russia, amid the lower Volga and Don Rivers.
notes for Volgograd
The city is a major commercial and industrial center.
notes for Volgograd
From 1925 to 1961, it was named
Stalingrad. During the brutal winter of 1942–1943, a huge German invasion force besieged the city but ultimately failed to take it. The German defeat in the Battle of Stalingrad was a major turning point in
World War II, marking the beginning of the end for the
Nazis.