Word: donetsk
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Dates: during 1961-1961
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...Mountain. With the removal of Stalin's name and body from the Lenin Mausoleum, Russians everywhere hastened to help along Old Joe's "second death." The coal mining center of Stalino (pop. 800,000) became Donetsk; the main street of Minsk switched from Stalin Prospect to Leninsky Prospect. So it went down the line of cities, towns, villages, regions, streets, squares, and out into the country to include one bay, one canal and one mountain peak. The mayor of Stalingrad (pop. 600,000) wanted to do away with one of the legendary names of World...