As the year 1943 progressed, a series of attacks centred around Stalingrad in southern Russia, resulted in some of the most ...

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 ...

A day after Ukraine launched an unprecedented drone attack on airbases inside Russia, the warring sides sat down for a second round of direct talks in Turkey.

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 ...

Third-grader Stanislav Martynyuk looks extremely proud in his school photograph. Hands folded on his desk; his eyes framed with spectacles that make him look like a serious – and adorable – 8 ...

MOSCOW — Russia on Friday celebrated the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, as President Vladimir Putin presided over a massive parade of tanks, missiles and troops ...

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 first metal has been cut for the seventh nuclear-powered icebreaker in Russia's Project 22220 series. The Stalingrad is scheduled to be completed and delivered in December 2030. The Project 22220 ...

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 ...