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Battle of Stalingrad: 70 years later Russia this weekend remembers the Red Army victory in the Battle of Stalingrad, defeating invading Nazi forces in one of the bloodiest battles in human history.
Jan. 30, 2013
The giant monument “Rodina-Mat' zovyot!,” also known as Mother Motherland statue, rises at the memorial on Mamayev Hill in the Russian city of Volgograd, formerly Stalingrad.
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Feb. 1, 2013
Russian and Soviet flags fly above gravestones at a military cemetery in the Russian village of Rossoshka, where many Red Army soldiers who died in the Battle of Stalingrad are buried. Considered one of the bloodiest battles of modern times, at least 1.2 million people are estimated to have died before the fighting ended on Feb. 2, 1943.
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Feb. 1, 2013
Snow partly covers one of the Battle of Stalingrad monuments, which bears names of German army soldiers who died in the battle, at a military cemetery in the Russian village of Rossoshka. In the summer of 1941, German forces invaded the then Soviet Union, with the Red Army making a fighting retreat inland. The Soviet forces decided to make a stand in Stalingrad, now known as Volgograd.
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Jan. 31, 2013
Women walk past the steam mill, a famous stronghold in the historical Stalingrad battle. The Soviets, knowing that the onslaught of winter would slow the German forces, took up stations in Stalingrad and the villages around the city, 560 miles south of Moscow.
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Jan. 31, 2013
A woman walks past Pavlov’s House, a famous stronghold in the historical Stalingrad battle. The Germans bombarded the Soviet-held villages and Stalingrad before sending their troops and tanks in. The Soviets, undeterred, fought house-to-house.
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Feb. 2, 2013
Russian President Vladimir Putin, second from right, lays a wreath at the eternal flame while taking part in ceremonies marking the Battle of Stalingrad’s 70th anniversary. The fighting continued for six months around the city, with the body counts on both sides piling up.
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Jan. 31, 2013
Children visit the Battle of Stalingrad panorama in Volgograd. The city was renamed Volgograd in 1961, as part of the Khrushchev era’s drive to erase the personality cult of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. But the name Stalingrad is indelibly connected with the battle that is one of Russia’s most-lauded military achievements.
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Jan. 31, 2013
People visit Stalingrad Battle Museum in Volgograd. Because the defeat at Stalingrad prevented the Germans from reaching the oil fields of the Caucasus, the battle is considered a major turning point in World War II.
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Feb. 2, 2013
Wearing World War II-era Red Amy winter clothes, Russian soldiers march during a military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad.
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Feb. 2, 2013
A Red Army T-34-85 tank rolls by during a military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad.
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Feb. 2, 2013
People walk by a vehicle in St. Petersburg that is adorned with a portrait of Stalin and a sign reading “Stalingrad gets back its victorious name.” Stalin's image appears on five buses that are to run in Volograd until Russia observes Victory Day on May 9, and similar buses were to run Saturday in St. Petersburg and Chita. Because of Stalin’s ruthlessness against his own people as he tried to maintain control of the Soviet Union, the decision to revive his image as a war hero is controversial.
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Feb. 2, 2013
World War II veterans come to meet Putin as they take part in ceremonies marking the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad.
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Dec. 1, 1942
Soviet soldiers fire from a ruined building as they fight against Nazi troops in the city of Stalingrad.
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ITAR-TASS Photo Agency via Reuters
Feb. 2, 1943
Soviet soldier waves a flag in central Stalingrad.
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Feb. 1, 1943
Columns of German army soldiers pass through the streets of Stalingrad after their surrender to the Red Army.
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1943
Captured German soldiers, their uniforms tattered from the battle, make their way in the bitter cold through the ruins of Stalingrad.
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Dec. 20, 1943
Captured Nazi servicemen stand in front of a damaged building in the city of Stalingrad.
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In this undated photo, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, left, presents Russian Premier Joseph Stalin, center, with the Sword of Stalingrad in acknowledgment of the Russian people’s stand in that city during the war.
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