Nearly 60 years since it changed its name to Volgograd, the Russian city once called Stalingrad and its bloody history loom large even in the midst of the fun and football of the World Cup.

German prisoner of war after the Battle of Stalingrad, 1943 Georgy Zelma/Sputnik During World War ... made part of Volgograd, which changed the configuration of the city on the map, but it still ...

Nearly 60 years since it changed its name to Volgograd, the Russian city once called Stalingrad and its bloody history loom large even in the midst of the fun and football of the World Cup.

As if England fans needed more ammunition for jokes about their national team being plagued, swarms of flying insects have descended upon the Russian city Volgograd ahead of Monday’s World Cup ...

With Britain and Russia feuding politically, the English team played their first match of the World Cup in Volgograd. "To see the statue and have an understanding of the history reminds you that ...