made by the administration here in volgograd that. was on special occasions they will once again refer to the city hall and ground but that is a common controversial decision because as the name suggests stalin grant was named after after joseph stalin. and he also has a very controversial reputation in modern russia as well some people are opposed to that decision and think that the name stalingrad should remain in history but others are pleased to have it to remember. this battle and the place where it was force but it is beyond doubt now that the name stalin gracia will be remembered not for the place not for the place that stands here but for what happened here absolutely tell me a definite feeling the spirit of the event thank you very much as he's told boston live from of all the grand. and. go to a world war two section on our website and the witnesses and veterans stories and experiences plus know more about the key battles and figures all the time. we'll bring you more news in about thirty minutes time. asco actually caused a

strangely directional the entire second world war and right now we are bringing you live pictures from volgograd that's how stunning god is called in our. international news life for moscow this is all she was me you know tshabalala thanks for joining us. egypt's violent protests have reached the presidential palace for the first time in a week of turmoil more than fifty people were injured and at least one was killed while thousands of demonstrators calling for president morsi is resignation clashed with police protesters attacks the pilots with fire bombs and stones security forces responded with tear gas and water cannon is about true witness they may how many kyra. we now have a chaotic scene because of clashes how broken out somehow the government protesters answers are security forces the president. says are many marches from the president's own building and groups supposedly through march are pumped out at the palace which is not the police about the time we see you guys this comes off the several protests conversion from the presidential palace on to her a scratch as part of friday's day

i family still lives in volgograd, as stalingrad is known today. to mark the anniversary, i am accompanied the veteran and his friends to the important memorials, where hitler's army was annihilated in 1943. it was the turning point of the second world war and remains a source of pride for all russian veterans to this day. he was 16 at the time. the weather was freezing cold when the german assault began, he says. it was very foggy, two, you could not see a thing. our house was down there on the river bank, where all the troops were concentrated. the noise was terrible. the time to show rockets rained down, and everything was on fire. the snow all around melted from the heat of the fire. it was awful. hundreds of thousands of soldiers were killed in action -- russians and germans. most of them fell here, a colossal statue of the mother land bigger than the statue of liberty in new york. this gigantic figure, a model of social ideology brandishes a 30-meter long concrete sword. from here, i can see the entire city as it sprawls 60 kilometers along t

the parade in modern day volgograd is to mark the end of that terrible battle seventy years ago with a parade by troops the laying of wreaths from various delegations and the assembled crowds here remembering all those people that died there as many as two million the top estimates say there's also a little bit of control to see surrounding the name stalin graft the city is now called volgograd. but the city administration say that they want on certain special days to once again refer to it by its old name stalingrad which is a controversial decision given its connection to that controversial figure stalin himself but as for this parade today this commemorative events it will forever have the connection the word stalingrad not with this place but with what happened to him. seventy years ago the nazi war machine failed at stalingrad. here a reconstruction of the german surrender and dre is playing the part of friedrich polis promoted the day before to field marshal by hitler in a bid to stop him capitulating. when paul is realized that hitler wanted him to commit suicide he said he wo

the parade here in modern day volgograd is to mark the end of that terrible battle seventy years ago with a parade by troops the laying of wreaths from the various delegations and the assembled crowds here remembering all those people that died there as many as two million the top estimates say there's also a little bit of control to see surrounding the name stalin graphic the city is now called volgograd. but the city administration say that they want on certain special days to once again refer to it by its old name stalingrad which is a controversial decision given its connection to that controversial figure stalin himself but as for this parade today this commemorative event it will forever have the connection the word stalin grad not with this place but with what happened to him. seventy years ago the nazi war machine failed at stalingrad but here a reconstruction of the german surrender and dre is playing the part of friedrich powerless promoted the day before to field marshal by hitler in a bid to stop him capitulating. when paul is realized that hitler wanted him to commit sui

the great in modern day volgograd is to mark the end of that terrible battle seventy years ago with a parade by troops the laying of wreaths from various delegations and the assembled crowds here remembering all those people that died there as many as two million the top estimates say there's also a little bit of control we see surrounding the name stalin graft the city is now called volgograd. but the city administration say that they want on certain special days to once again refer to it by its old name stalingrad which is a controversial decision given its connection to that controversial slugger stalin himself but as for this parade today this commemorative events it will forever have the connection the word stalin grad not just with this place but with what happened here. and then on the battle of stalingrad go to world war two section our website and the war with the says and veterans share their stories and experiences plus learn more about the key bottles and figures of that. and just to remind you russia's foreign minister is expected to talk about some of the world's biggest

the parade in modern day volgograd is to mark the end of that terrible battle seventy years ago with a parade by troops the laying of wreaths from various delegations and the assembled crowds here remembering all those people that died there as many as two million the top estimates say there's also a little bit of control to see surrounding the name stalin graft the city is now called volgograd. but the city administration say that they want on certain special days to once again refer to it by its old name stalingrad which is a controversial decision given its connection to that controversial figure stalin himself but as for this parade today this commemorative event it will forever have the connection the word stalingrad not with this place but with what happened to him. seventy years ago the nazi war machine failed at stalingrad but here a reconstruction of the german surrender and dre is playing the part of friedrich palace promoted the day before to field marshal why hitler in a bid to stop him capitulating. was paula's realize that hitler wanted him to commit suicide he said he

the great modern day volgograd is to mark the end of that terrible battle seventy years ago with a parade by troops the laying of wreaths from various delegations and the assembled crowds here remembering all those people that died there as many as two million the top estimates say there's also a little bit of control we see surrounding the name stalin graft the city is now called volgograd. but the city administration say that they want on certain special days to once again refer to it by its old name stalingrad which is a controversial decision given its connection to that controversial slugger stalin himself but as for this parade today this commemorative events it will forever have the connection the word stalin grat not just with this place but with what happened to. land on the battle of stalingrad go to world war two section our website and the war witnesses and veterans share their stories and experiences plus learn more about the key battles and figures of that. and just to remind you russia's foreign minister is expected to talk about some of the world's biggest security issues

there's also a little bit of control to see surrounding the name stalin graph the city is now called volgograd. but the city administration say that they want on certain special days to once again refer to it by its old name stalingrad which is a controversial decision given its connection to that controversial figure stalin himself but as for this parade today this commemorative events it will forever have the connection the word stalin grad not with this place but with what happened to him. seventy years ago the nazi war machine failed at stalingrad. here a reconstruction of the german surrender. andrei is playing the part of polis promoted the day before to field marshal by hitler in a bid to stop him capitulating boulder's paul is realize that hitler wanted him to commit suicide he said he wouldn't give him such pleasure and he chose to live. for nazi germany this military disaster was the moment hitler's hubris really caught up with him for the soviet union it was at last a decisive victory over the invaders the ravaged so much of the country this basement of stalin grads largest departme

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