Stalingrad

Type: Event

As of November 2026, Stalingrad has been mentioned in one podcast episode on Timeline - World History Documentaries (Jan 2026). Discusses the pivotal battle where the Red Army inflicted a resounding defeat on the Vermacht.

Volgograd, formerly Tsaritsyn (1589–1925) and Stalingrad (1925–1961), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. The city lies on the western bank of the Volga, covering an area of 859.4 square kilometres, with a population of slightly over one million residents. Volgograd is the 16th-largest city by population size in Russia, the third-largest city of the Southern Federal District, and the fourth-largest city on the Volga.