Volgograd definition

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.

(place) City in SC European Russia, on the Volga: scene of a decisive Soviet victory (1943) over German troops in WWII.