But wait, the city of Stalin? Well, yes, from 1950 to 1960, during part of the Communist period in Romania, the city was called Orașul Stalin (Stalin City), lit. "Stalin City", after the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, and was the capital of Stalin Region (which was roughly in the size of the current Brașov județ between 1950 and 1952 and of the județs of Brașov and Sibiu between 1952 and 1968 (since 1960 called Regiunea Brașov)). (previous | next | back to album | 2022:09:07 14:09:32 | 88% of an album)