10 rubles 2013 MMD, the 70th anniversary of the defeat of the Soviet forces of Nazi troops in the Battle of Stalingrad, UNC

The Battle of Stalingrad (August 23, 1942–February 2, 1943)was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in the southwestern Soviet Union. Marked by constant close-quarters combat and lack of regard for military and civilian casualties, it is among the bloodiest battles in the history of warfare. The heavy losses inflicted on the German army make it arguably the most strategically decisive battle of the whole war Afterwards, the German forces never regained the initiative in war in the East.