[DOC] [TLE] Volgograd or Stalingrad? Russia may hold referendum on renaming ... [PAR] Feb 4, 2013 ... The Russian city of Volgograd, the site of one of the most crucial battles in ... The 
idea of renaming the city named after Soviet leader Josef Stalin has been ... The 
very idea of calling the city after the Soviet dictator is strongly... [DOC] [TLE] Volgograd - Wikipedia [PAR] Volgograd (Russian: ; IPA: [vlrat] ( listen)), formerly Tsaritsyn (
Russian: About ... The city was renamed Stalingrad after Joseph Stalin on April 
10, 1925. ... In 1961, Nikita Khrushchev's administration changed the name of the 
city to Volgograd ("Volga City") as part of his programme of de-Stalinization... [DOC] [TLE] List of places named after Joseph Stalin - Wikipedia [PAR] During Joseph Stalin's rule (19221953), many places, mostly cities, in the Soviet 
Union and other communist countries were named or renamed in honor of him as 
part of the cult of personality surrounding the dictator. ... Stalinabad, 19291961  
Dushanbe, Tajikistan; Stalingrad, 19251961  Volgograd, Russia; Staliniri... [DOC] [TLE] Volgograd Named Stalingrad Again, at Least Sometimes - The New ... [PAR] Feb 1, 2013 ... Mr. Zabednov said the name would be used in official speeches and ... Polls 
have shown rising popularity for the former Soviet dictator, despite his ... city, St. 
Petersburg, had been named after its founder, Peter the Great. [DOC] [TLE] Volgograd renamed Stalingrad for day as the Second World War ... [PAR] Feb 2, 2013 ... The city was renamed Volgograd after the war when the Communist heirs of the 
... the late dictator's name; the "hero city" became Volgograd in 1961. ... Timeless 
comedy: a lot of what used to be funny has gone out of date. [DOC] [TLE] Communist Leader Wants Cities Renamed Stalingrad and Leningrad [PAR] Jun 9, 2014 ... "Only two cities have been subjected to name changes after the ... suggested that 
residents of the city once dubbed after Soviet dictator Josef Stalin could vote to 
change its current name  Volgograd  back to Stalingrad. [DOC] [TLE] Stalingrad name may return to city in wave of second world war ... [PAR] Jun 8, 2014 ... Now the city may become Stalingrad once again after president Vladimir Putin ... 
However, the Volgograd city council voted to use the name... [DOC] [TLE] Stalingrad name to be revived for anniversaries - BBC News [PAR] Feb 1, 2013 ... Volgograd council has restored the name for six days a year. ... ruling United 
Russia party, the decision was taken after "numerous requests" from World War II 
veterans. ... Dates when the old name Stalingrad can be used officially ... to the 
Soviet dictator whose rule saw the persecution of millions of people. [DOC] [TLE] World champion Isinbayeva wants to quit poor Russian hometown ... [PAR] Aug 22, 2013 ... "What can you do here, in the city, when Volgograd is simply poor? ... used to be 
named after former dictator Josef Stalin and is respected by... [DOC] [TLE] Why was Stalingrad renamed Volgograd after the war? - Quora [PAR] Nikita Khrushchev believed that Stalin's great excesses of violence, purges and 
the cult of ... Stalin was a communist dictator (or at least a dictator with party 
membership), and considered among the ... That was the name of the city before 
Stalin renamed it after himself and is also the name of the river adjacent to the 
city. [DOC] [TLE] Stalingrad gets its name back - for a day | Reuters [PAR] Feb 1, 2013 ... ... plan to display portraits of the late Soviet dictator in minibuses to honour his ... 
Named after Stalin in 1925, the city was renamed Volgograd in 1961, ... the city 
government this week will allow the name Stalingrad to be used... [DOC] [TLE] Stalingrad: The fight to restore its heroic name 74 years after its epic ... [PAR] Apr 28, 2016 ... Stalingrad: The fight to restore its heroic name 74 years after its epic battle ... 
Push to rebuild Stalin's image from dictator to saviour ... The President has even 
changed the name of Volgograd to

Question: Volgograd used to be named after this dictator
Answer: Stalin