President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree renaming Volgograd International Airport as Stalingrad, invoking Soviet wartime memory as Russia continues its war in Ukraine.
Published on the Kremlin’s website late Tuesday, the decree states the renaming aims “to perpetuate the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War.” The Battle of Stalingrad, fought between 1942 and 1943, was the bloodiest of World War Two, claiming over a million Soviet casualties and turning the tide against Nazi Germany.
The city itself was renamed Volgograd in 1961 as part of Soviet de-Stalinisation. But the name Stalingrad still resonates deeply in Russia—symbolising both immense sacrifice and Stalin’s brutal legacy.
Putin has repeatedly framed his war in Ukraine as a modern echo of that historical struggle, drawing controversial comparisons between Nazi Germany and today’s Ukrainian leadership. Kyiv calls the rhetoric a cover for imperial aggression.
In a fiery speech last year on the 80th anniversary of the battle, Putin condemned Germany for arming Ukraine and warned again that Russia’s entire arsenal—including nuclear weapons—remains at its disposal.
The renaming of the airport ties the present to a mythologised past—one shaped by blood, memory, and ongoing war.
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