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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The T-34 played a pivotal role in winning the Second World War. But eighty years later, the tank is a museum piece. Russia has seen significant losses in its nearly three-year war in Ukraine.

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 ...