Pre-Revolutionary Russia in photographs - Tsaritsyn

Дореволюционная Россия на фотографиях - Царицын Pre-Revolutionary Russia in photographs - Tsaritsyn Here I present an album of photographs of the Russian Imperial city of Tsaritsyn that lies on the River Volga. 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. Under Stalin, the city became a center of heavy industry and transshipment by rail and river. The city became famous for its resistance — and the extensive physical damage and death toll it suffered — during the Battle of Stalingrad against the German Army in The Great Patriotic War. In 1945 the Soviet Union awarded Stalingrad the title Hero City for its resistance. Great Britain's King George VI awarded the citizens of Stalingrad the jeweled "Sword of Stalingrad" in recognition of their bravery. In 1961, Nikita Khrushchev's administration changed the name of the city to Volgograd ("Volga City") as part of his programme of de-Stalinization. Beginning in 2013, for nine days every year, the city may be officially referred to as "Stalingrad"......... Today, the city has been entirely rebuilt with a fine promenade overlooking the River Volga, broad tree-lined avenues and a most remarkable memorial to the city's war-time resistance . I like it a lot.