Save Type Settlement Usage Russian Scripts Сталинград(Russian) Pronounced Pron. [stə.lʲɪn.ˈɡrat] [key·simplify] Other Forms FormsStalingrád Meaning & History From the surname Stalin and Russian grad meaning "town, city". The former name of the city Volgograd, after Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, the then-General Secretary of the USSR's Communist Party.