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Tskhinvali Gets Soviet-Era Name ‘Stalinir’ for WWII Commemorations
Anatoly Bibilov, Moscow-backed leader of Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia, issued a decree allowing adopting of a Soviet-era second name for the town of Tskhinvali -“Stalinir” (in deference to Joseph Stalin, a Soviet dictator) - during the celebrations of 75th anniversary of the “Great Patriotic War” (World War II), local news agency RES reported on April 27. …