This month marks the 70th anniversary of the Red Army‘s victory at the Battle of Stalingrad, prompting renewed debate over the legacy of Josef Stalin. Once again, many conservative Russians are hoping that the name Volgograd will one day be permanently changed back to Stalingrad. As a nod to them, local Volgograd deputies agreed to call the city Stalingrad during the six days of the battle’s anniversary every year. Of course, the deputies wouldn’t dare incur the Kremlin‘s wrath by actually changing the city’s name on a permanent basis without PresidentVladimir Putin‘s permission. Yet it is doubtful that Putin would agree in any case. After all, why would Putin want to revive Stalin’s personality cult when the current national leader is still alive?

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