1. Takes command assignment at Tsaritsyn

    · Tsaritsyn, Russian SFSR

    Takes command assignment at Tsaritsyn
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    Lenin dispatched Stalin to Tsaritsyn to procure food and address the military threat to the strategically important lower Volga city. Tsaritsyn is present-day Volgograd; coordinates represent the city center.

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