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Volgograd, [a] formerly Tsaritsyn [b] (1589–1925) and Stalingrad [c] (1925–1961), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. The city lies on the western bank of the Volga , covering an area of 859.4 square kilometres (331.8 square miles), with a population of slightly over one million residents. [ 11 ]
Formerly known as Stalingrad Oblast, it was given its present name in 1961, when the city of Stalingrad was renamed Volgograd as part of de-Stalinization. Volgograd Oblast borders Rostov Oblast in the southwest, Voronezh Oblast in the northwest, Saratov Oblast in the north, Astrakhan Oblast and the Republic of Kalmykia in the southeast, and has ...
Established by decree of the Council of the People's Commissars of the USSR in 1931, it was previously known as the Stalingrad Industrial Pedagogical Institute.It was completely ruined during the Stalingrad battle of World War II and its library burnt out. [2]
The Barmaley (Russian: Бармалей) is an informal name of a fountain in the city of Volgograd (formerly known as Stalingrad). Its official name is Children's Khorovod (Round Dance). The statue is of a circle of six children dancing the khorovod around a crocodile. While the original fountain was removed in the 1950s, two replicas were ...
Historical reasons behind geographical renaming were . a particularly large number of cities and towns were renamed in Russia after the October Revolution of 1917; more renamings happened during the whole history of the Soviet Union for political reasons
In some countries, including those in the West, there are streets, squares, etc. named after Stalingrad (and hence indirectly after Stalin) in honour of the courage shown by the defenders at the battle of Stalingrad against Nazi Germany. These names have not been changed since they refer to the battle of Stalingrad rather than the city itself.
Stalingrad, by Theodor Plievier, and the two television adaptations of it; Stalingrad (Grossman novel), a 1952 novel by Vasily Grossman; Stalingrad (Beevor book), a non-fiction book by Antony Beevor published in 1998; Stalingrad, a table top wargame, published by Avalon Hill in 1963
1942 – 19 August: Battle of Stalingrad begins. [6] 1943 – 2 February: Battle of Stalingrad ends; Soviets in power. [7] 1951 – Barmaley Fountain dismantled. 1952 – Volgograd Airport established. 1957 – Premiere of Bulgakov's play Flight. [8] 1961 10 November: City renamed "Volgograd." [5] Volga Hydroelectric Station commissioned near ...