a port in SW Russia, on the River Volga: scene of a major engagement (1918) during the civil war and again in World War II (1942–43), in which the German forces were defeated; major industrial centre. Pop: 1 016 000 (2005 est)
Former names: (until 1925) Tsaritsyn or (1925–61) Stalingrad
Volgograd in American English
(ˈvɑlgəˌgræd; ˈvoʊlgəgræd; Russian vɔlgɑˈgʀɑt)
city in SC European Russia, on the Volga: scene of a decisive Soviet victory (1943) over German troops in WWII: pop. 1,003,000