Aperson belonging to the left-wing majority group of the russian social democratic worker's party was called a

“the battle of stalingrad is not a turning point necessarily in strategic terms, because a lot more has to be done before the soviets can be certain of defeating germany,” says renowned world war ii historian richard overy. the germans had fought nearly a thousand miles across the soviet union to get to stalingrad.

warfare was the primary means of cultural transmission in both regions.