Putin evokes Stalingrad to predict victory over 'new Nazism' in Ukraine. By Tatiana Gomozova. February 2, 2023 10:19 PM UTC Updated February 2, 2023 Summary; Russian president ...

Known as Victory in Europe Day, ... The Battle of Stalingrad – Aug. 23, 1942 to February/March 1943. As part of its invasion of the Soviet Union, ...

The new name, “Stalingrad International,” commemorates Soviet WWII victory, reflecting growing Soviet nostalgia and authoritarian symbolism as part of broader efforts to justify Putin’s war ...

This week on the Stalingrad front, the Russians scored their biggest victory in nearly a year. In its immediate scope and consequences, the victory was “local”—the culmination of a prolonged ...

Lev Melnikov was drafted into the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army on 12 July 1941 and on 25 August 1942 joined the active ...

"In order to perpetuate the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, I hereby decree ... to assign the historical name 'Stalingrad' to Volgograd International Airport ...