Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday it was up to residents of Volgograd to decide whether the city should revert to the name of Stalingrad, as it was called when Soviet forces defeated ...

The Communist Party of the Russian Federation recognized Nikita Khrushchev's report on the personality cult of Joseph Stalin ...

The head of Russia’s Communist Party on Thursday called on President Vladimir Putin to officially rename the southern city of Volgograd to Stalingrad in honor of its World War II legacy. “We ...

World War Two, in which around 22-25 million Soviet citizens are estimated to have died, is known in Russia as The Great Patriotic War. For many Russians, Stalingrad conjures memories both of the ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree renaming the international airport situated in the city of Volgograd to its historical name of Stalingrad. “In order to perpetuate the Victory of ...

Russia's President Vladimir Putin signed a decree late on Tuesday renaming the airport in Volgograd as Stalingrad, as the city was known when the Soviet army defeated the Nazi German forces in the ...

Russia's Putin Says Reverting to Stalingrad Name up to City Residents (Reuters) - Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday it was up to residents of Volgograd to decide whether the city ...

Stalingrad, renamed Volgograd in 1961 as part of a process of "destalinisation", was the bloodiest battle of the war, when the Soviet Red Army, at a cost of more than 1 million casualties, broke the ...