During Tuesday's meeting, Bucharov told Putin that the inhabitants of the Volgograd region and Volgograd himself asked him to change the name of the “Stalingrad” airport in the city. This name would emphasize its “heroic meaning”. The governor later revealed that veterans of special military operations came out with the proposal – informs the President of Russia.
“Stalingrad” in Russia. Vladimir Putin published a decree
Bucharov asked the Russian President to support this project. Putin agreed to the proposal and promised that the ordinance in this matter would be developed and signed “immediately after his return to Moscow”.
In the document published on the Kremlin website, the President of Russia announced that “He decreases the historical name of the “Stalingrad” “” “” “” “” “” “. It has been added that the purpose of this change is to “consolidate the victory of the Soviet nation in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945”.
Stalingrad Battle
Stalingrad, which is today called Volgograd, is one of the largest cities of Russia, located on the lower Volga. During World War II, he became an arena for one of the most key and bloody battles, called the “Stalingrad Battle”. The army of the Third Reich and its allies in August 1942 began an attack. A few months later, the Red Army joined the counteroffensive, which allowed to encircle the Wehrmacht army.
The fighting lasted several months, there was a lack of ammunition and food. At the end of February 2, 1943, the Germans capitulated and found themselves in the reverse. Both sides of the battle suffered huge losses during the fighting, and the total number of victims reaches two million. The battle is described as “the greatest defeat in the history of the German army.”
