Kalach

During the Great Patriotic War he’d demolished the bridge at Kalach in defense of Stalingrad, rigged factories with dynamite, reducing them to rubble, and set indefensible refi neries ablaze, dicing the skyline with columns of burning oil.

Excerpt: The Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith 2009

They were on the move now, heading straight down into the hell that was Kalach.

Death Stalks The Ruins Adams, Stephen 2005

And so the convoys pressed on over the broken roads, crossing the river Karpovka at some unnamed village, ever westward and northward toward their rendezvous at Kalach.

Death Stalks The Ruins Adams, Stephen 2005

The T-34s that had swept down on Kalach from the north were targeting anything that moved, blasting and machine gunning fleeing men who were too disorganized to mount a defense.

Death Stalks The Ruins Adams, Stephen 2005

Her expert eyes noted the point where the armies would meet to complete the encirclement -- a tiny dot on the map labeled "Kalach."

Death Stalks The Ruins Adams, Stephen 2005

In the distant west she could just see the town of Kalach low on the horizon.

Death Stalks The Ruins Adams, Stephen 2005

The rising sun found Victory Rose standing atop a T-34 Soviet tank facing northwest toward the town of Kalach with its vital bridge over the Don River.

Death Stalks The Ruins Adams, Stephen 2005

A giant blossom of smoke and dust billowed up from the center of Kalach.

Death Stalks The Ruins Adams, Stephen 2005

Many Eastern European countries, especially those along the western edge of what was once the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, have breads similar to Kolach or Kalach.

Celebration Breads BETSY OPPENNEER 2003

Many Eastern European countries, especially those along the western edge of what was once the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, have breads similar to Kolach or Kalach.

Celebration Breads BETSY OPPENNEER 2003