Stalingrad (Grossman novel)

Stalingrad / For a Just Cause
AuthorVasily Grossman
Original titleЗа правое дело / Сталинград
TranslatorRobert and Elizabeth Chandler
LanguageRussian
GenreSocrealist novel
Publication date
1952
Publication placeSoviet Union
Published in English
2019
Followed byLife and Fate 

For a Just Cause (Russian: За правое дело, romanized: Za pravoye delo) is a socrealist novel by Russian writer Vasily Grossman, first published in 1952. A revised English translation, which, includes additional material from Grossman's unpublished manuscripts, was published under the author's preferred title, Stalingrad, in 2019. The novel is the predecessor to Grossman's more widely read Life and Fate.