The History Channel must know the desires of its vast global audience pretty well. If someone goes to that cable and satellite TV channel, it is almost impossible to avoid documentaries on World War ...

Mikhail Mordasov / Focus Pictures Volgograd is called “Russia's most Soviet city,” and justifiably so. The city became known to the entire world as Stalingrad during World War II. The entire city had ...

MOSCOWMOSCOW — The southern Russian city where the Red Army decisively turned back Nazi forces in a key World War II battle will once again be known as Stalingrad, at least on the days commemorating ...

For more than 300 years, the Russian city of Volgograd was known as Tsaritsyn. It was dubbed Stalingrad in honour of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin for a mere 26 years, but then his successor Nikita ...

The giant 'Mother Motherland' monument in the Russian city of Volgograd was built to honour those who died in the Battle of Stalingrad during the World War II. Lawmakers in the Russian city of ...

MOSCOW – The southern Russian city where the Red Army decisively turned back Nazi forces in a key World War II battle will once again be known as Stalingrad, at least on the days commemorating the ...

Volgograd is commemorating the 75th anniversary of the bloodiest battle of the second world war. Seen as a ‘great victory’ for Stalin’s army, is it still being used to elevate the Russian government ...

Nearly 60 years since it changed its name to Volgograd, the Russian city once called Stalingrad and its bloody history loom large even in the midst of the fun and football of the World Cup. Stalingrad ...