Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southwest Russia on the Volga River northeast of Rostov. Founded in 1589 as a defensive stronghold named Tsaritsyn, it was renamed Stalingrad in 1925 and Volgograd in 1961. The city was besieged and severely damaged during a prolonged battle in World War II, with extensive casualties of both German and Soviet troops.
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- proper noun A
city inRussia . - proper noun An
oblast in southwestern Russia.
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- noun a city in the European part of Russia on the Volga; site of German defeat in World War II in the winter of 1942-43
Etymologies
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Examples
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Lincoln, said historian Ivan Kurilla, head of the Center for American Studies at Volgograd State University, once went to hear him.
Russia remembers Lincoln as it marks the freeing of the serfs 2011
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In the Volgograd region, prosecutors enlisted thugs to smash hundreds of greenhouses where tomatoes were growing.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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In 2009, Interneft and the Volgograd and Saratov regional governments launched an arbitration proceeding in Stockholm claiming breach of contract.
Total Seeks Dismissal of Russian Case Guy Chazan 2011
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In the Volgograd region, prosecutors enlisted thugs to smash hundreds of greenhouses where tomatoes were growing.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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He lived with his mother and two brothers in Volgograd, a "hero city" once named Stalingrad and famed for resisting the Nazis in World War II, but he wasn't attracted to military life.
Russia's Fading Army Fights Losing Battle to Reform Itself Richard Boudreaux 2011
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In the Volgograd region, prosecutors enlisted thugs to smash hundreds of greenhouses where tomatoes were growing.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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In 1992, an Elf subsidiary, Elf Neftegaz, and a small Russian company called AOZT Interneft signed an agreement to explore for and produce oil and gas in two regions of southern Russia, Volgograd and Saratov.
Total Seeks Dismissal of Russian Case Guy Chazan 2011
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Neither were Saratov and Volgograd, which also didn't sign the 1992 deal, it said.
Total Seeks Dismissal of Russian Case Guy Chazan 2011
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In the Volgograd region, prosecutors enlisted thugs to smash hundreds of greenhouses where tomatoes were growing.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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Anna Chapman, a red-haired beauty who grew up grew up in Volgograd, Russia, as Anna Kushchenko, lived for years in London.
Spying as Networking 2010
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