Umongameli waseRussia uPutin utyikitye ummiselo othiya ngokusesikweni iSikhululo seenqwelomoya saMazwe ngaMazwe saseVolgograd, esiseVolgograd, eRashiya, ukuba sibe yiSikhululo seSikhululo seHlabathi saseStalingrad, ngegama likazwilakhe ongasekhoyo waseSoviet uJoseph Stalin.
Ngokutsho kwamagosa karhulumente waseRashiya, olu tshintsho lwenziwa ngenxa “yesicelo samagqala eMfazwe Yehlabathi II, abo babebandakanyeke kwimfazwe yaseRashiya namagunya asekuhlaleni.”
Lo myalelo, owakhutshwa yinkonzo yoonondaba yaseKremlin, wawusithi: “Ukuze kupheliswe uloyiso lwabantu baseSoviet kwiMfazwe Enkulu Yokuthand’ izwe ngowe-1941-1945, ndikhupha lo myalelo . . .
ERashiya, igama elithi 'Great Patriotic War' libhekisela kwixesha leWWII ukususela ngoJuni 22, 1941, ukuya kutsho ngoMeyi 9, 1945, apho iSoviet Union yazibandakanya ngokuthe ngqo ekulweni neJamani yamaNazi.
Indawo yomoya yamazwe ngamazwe eVolgograd iye yabizwa ngokutsha kwiintsuku nje ezimbalwa ngaphambi kwesikhumbuzo esisemthethweni saseRashiya seminyaka engama-80 ukususela ekupheleni kweMfazwe Enkulu yePatriotic ebhiyozelwa eRashiya nge-9 kaMeyi.
UPutin uhlala ezama ukuzoba uthelekiso phakathi kohlaselo lwakhe olupheleleyo lwe-Ukraine engabamelwane kunye nomzabalazo we-USSR ngokuchasene namaNazi, eyila imfazwe yakhe yobundlongondlongo 'njengomsebenzi okhethekileyo wasemkhosini' ojolise 'ekususeni umkhosi' kunye 'nokudenazi' iUkraine.
IUkraine, ekubeni ibiyinxalenye yeSoviet Union kwaye yanyamezela intshabalalo enkulu kumkhosi ka-Adolf Hitler, iyalukhaba olu thelekiso njengezizathu ezingenasiseko zemfazwe yama impiriyali.
Isixeko saseVolgograd ngokwaso siye saligcina igama laso langoku nangona kukho izindululo ezininzi zokubuyela kwigama laso lexesha laseSoviet, iStalingrad. Esi sixeko sasiyindawo yelinye lamadabi aqatha ebudeni beMfazwe Yehlabathi II, abathi abanye ababhali-mbali babenempembelelo enkulu kwisiphumo songquzulwano oluxhasa iSoviet Union.
Ukusukela ngo-1925 ukuya kutsho ngo-1961, esi sixeko kunye nesikhululo seenqwelomoya saso sabizwa ngokuba yiStalingrad ngembeko kuJoseph Stalin, kodwa zathiywa igama elithi Volgograd ngo-1961, zibonisa igama lomlambo iVolga ezikuwo.
Kubekho ubuncinane iinzame ezinkulu ezimbini ngo-2013 kunye no-2021, ezikhokelwa ngokuyintloko liQela lamaKomanisi laseRashiya, ukubiza ngokutsha iVolgograd ibe yiStalingrad.
Kuyo yonke le minyaka yakutsha nje, esi sixeko ngamanye amaxesha besizibiza ngokuba yi-"Stalingrad" ngexesha lemisitho esemthethweni yokukhumbula amadini ngexesha lemfazwe, kodwa abachasi baye balumkisa malunga nezindululo zokuthiya ngokutsha iVolgograd njengeStalingrad, bebanga ukuba inyathelo elinjalo lingaboleka inkxaso kwiingcamango zikaStalin.
Owayesakuba nguzwilakhe waseSoviet ngumntu othanda ukucalula eRashiya, enabantu abathile abazimisele ukutyeshela izenzo zakhe zengcinezelo kunye noloyiko lwasekhaya bekhetha izinto aziphumezileyo njengenkokeli yezopolitiko.
Uphando luka-2023 olwenziwa ngumbutho wokuvota osebenzisana norhulumente luveze ukuba malunga ne-67% yabahlali baseVolgograd bavakalise ukungabaza malunga nokutshintsha kwegama lesi sixeko kwi-'Stalingrad', bekhetha ukugcinwa kwegama langoku.