volgograd

Fransızca - İngilizce

volgograd teriminin Fransızca İngilizce sözlükte anlamı: Volgograd, city in southwestern Russia (formerly Stalingrad)

İngilizce - İngilizce

volgograd teriminin İngilizce İngilizce sözlükte anlamı: An oblast in southwestern Russia; A city in Russia; {i} city in southwestern Russia (formerly Stalingrad); formerly (until 1925) Tsaritsyn (1925-61) Stalingrad City (pop., 2001 est.: 982,900), southwestern Russia. Located on the Volga River, it was founded as the fortress of Tsaritsyn in 1589. During the Russian Civil War (1918-20), Joseph Stalin organized the city's defense against the White Russian armies, and it was later renamed in his honour. During World War II it was reduced to rubble in the Battle of Stalingrad; it was rebuilt in the postwar era. Its manufactures include steel and aluminum, engineering products, timber goods, building materials, and foodstuffs. A major railroad junction and river port, it is the eastern terminus of the Volga-Don Ship Canal; 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