What is Red October (steel factory)?
The '''Red October factory''' or '''Krasny Oktyabr''' was a [[factory]] in the [[Soviet Union]] where people made [[steel]]. It became famous because the Soviet troops fought the [[Nazi]]s there during the [[Battle of Stalingrad]] in 1942 and 1943.<ref name=Stal>{{cite book|title=Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege: 1942-1943|url=https://archive.org/details/stalingrad00beev|author=Antony Beevor|publisher=Penguin Books|isbn= 0140284583|year=1999}}</ref><ref name=RFE>{{cite news|publisher=Radio Free Europe|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/stalingrad-photo-gallery/24691866.html|access-date=April 28, 2021|date=February 2, 2018|title=75th Anniversary of Victory in the Battle of Stalingrad }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{history-stub}} [[Category:Buildings and structures in Russia]] [[Category:Battles involving the Soviet Union]]