Βολγκογκράντ, το γνωστό Σταλινγκράντ. [Volgograd](http://bit.ly/1fSqPNm):> Volgograd, formerly called Tsaritsyn (1589–1925) and known as Stalingrad from 1925 to 1961.> Since February 2013, the city's name is to be commemorated as Stalingrad six days each year.> The city was renamed Stalingrad after Joseph Stalin on April 10, 1925. This was officially to recognize the city's and Stalin's role in its defense against the Whites between 1918 and 1920.