Etymology

Stalingrad

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Today it means: Former name of Volgograd: a city, the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia, and site of a famous World War II battle; used from 1925–1961. Full definition →

Russian Сталингра́д
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  1. Russian · borrowed fromСталингра́д
  2. English todayStalingrad

Borrowed from Russian Сталингра́д (Stalingrád). Named after Soviet supreme leader Joseph Stalin.

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