2007-01-15 11:42:53 · 9 answers · asked by Annie 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
It is still a city in Russia, currently under a different name Volgograd. It was originally called Tsaritsyn due to the proximity of the Tsaritsa (and Volga) River. Its historical fame comes from the Battle of Stalingrad during WW II when the Germans tried to take over the city during the Hitler's Winter Campaign.
2007-01-15 11:48:02 · answer #1 · answered by icehoundxx 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's Volgograd today. Some cities in Russia have been renamed, and reverted back to their original names, such as Petrograd, or St Petersburg. Don't think it only happens in Russia. For years we had Cape Canaveral in Florida, where we launched our rockets. Then in 1972, it was renamed Cape Kennedy. Then in 1973, it went back to Cape Canaveral, even though the NASA launch facility is still called the Kennedy Space Center. And so it goes. Like with Kennedy, Stalingrad was renamed after Stalin during his term before WW2.
2007-01-15 11:47:57 · answer #2 · answered by Scythian1950 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stalingrad was a city in the USSR from 1925-1961, when the name was changed back to Volgograd by Nikita Khrushchev, as part of his De-Stalinization program. Volgograd was founded in 1598.
2007-01-15 11:58:03 · answer #3 · answered by hunter68c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is renamed. Its current name is Saint Petroupoli.
2007-01-19 10:20:21 · answer #4 · answered by Άγγελος 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was renamed as Volgograd
2007-01-15 21:28:23 · answer #5 · answered by maussy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, today it is Volgograd.
And for Mark T. -- St. Petersberg was Leningrad. FYI
Annie, also Stalingrad has only one "l"
2007-01-15 16:39:57 · answer #6 · answered by intrepid 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is now St. Petersburg. It was St. Petersburg before it was Stallingard. Named after Joseph Stallin.
2007-01-15 15:59:45 · answer #7 · answered by Mark T 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yeah, it's called Volgograd now.
has a huge war memorial there too.
2007-01-15 11:47:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
its a city in russia.
2007-01-15 11:46:42 · answer #9 · answered by twolves323 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋