Word: volgograd
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...Russians have laid out a split-second itinerary for le grand Charles: he stops first at Moscow for two days, then Siberia's Novosibirsk, then Leningrad and next Volgograd, nee Stalingrad. There, the Russians imply, he may see "something no foreigner has ever seen before" - probably a Soviet missile site. Ultimately, De Gaulle will return to Moscow for the grand finale...
Economically Screwy. The Russians, said MacRae, "did us really proud" in setting up interviews on economic problems, but they growled nyet to requests for a tour of Moscow's auto factory, a visit to Kazakhstan's troubled "virgin lands" program, a trip to Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad). "At Gosplan," said MacRae, "they were deliberately stonewalling us on some questions. We could see some of the younger Russians growing restive when they had to sit and listen silently to the older men give us evasive answers...
...Radio Warsaw disk jockey obviously did not know the score. Thoughtlessly he played a cantata by Soviet Composer Aram Khachaturian written in praise of Joseph Stalin. Last week the square deejay lost his job. > In Russia, a soccer match between Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad) and Tiflis, capital of Stalin's native Georgia, was called off by officials who feared that pro-Stalin Tiflis fans would riot at the sight of Volgograd jerseys...
...legendary names of World War II-a place where over a million men clashed, in the turning point of the war-but had a hard time finding a new one; it was unthinkable that the city revert to its pre-Red name of Tsaritsyn. The final, river-inspired decision: Volgograd...