Volgograd

Volgograd is located 560 mi/900 km southeast of Moscow and on the western bank of the Volga River was once known as Stalingrad. It was renamed in the late 1950s when Stalin's policies were reassessed less favorably in official history books. Don't miss the Volgograd -the impressive Museum of the Defense of Stalingrad, also the memorial atop Mamayev Hill. Because of its courageous and tenacious resistance to the Nazis in "The Great Patriotic War" The "Hero City" title was given to Stalin.