Tsaritsyn

The city in south-west Russia was originally called Tsaritsyn until it was renamed after the communist leader in 1925.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Richard Alleyne 2011

The town, Tsaritsyn, offered all sorts of advantages.

Deathride John Mosier 2010

Given its position as the key city astride the southern leg of the great Russian river, Stalingrad, historic Tsaritsyn, was the key to the operation.

Deathride John Mosier 2010

Given its position as the key city astride the southern leg of the great Russian river, Stalingrad, historic Tsaritsyn, was the key to the operation.

Deathride John Mosier 2010

Consequently, in the Civil War, both the Reds and the Whites had fought for possession of Tsaritsyn.

Deathride John Mosier 2010

Consequently, in the Civil War, both the Reds and the Whites had fought for possession of Tsaritsyn.

Deathride John Mosier 2010

The town, Tsaritsyn, offered all sorts of advantages.

Deathride John Mosier 2010

But as Stalin had cut his teeth on the fighting around Tsaritsyn as Stalingrad was then called during the Civil War, he presumably did not feel in need of any military expertise.

Deathride John Mosier 2010

But as Stalin had cut his teeth on the fighting around Tsaritsyn as Stalingrad was then called during the Civil War, he presumably did not feel in need of any military expertise.

Deathride John Mosier 2010

To wreck it all, you'd need a nuke or two great big armies fighting a no-holds-barred battle there — like, uh, Tsaritsyn in the War of the Three Emperors a hundred and fifty years ago.

The Disunited States of America 2006