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The Best Attractions In Lower Volga

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The Volga Region is an historical region in Russia that encompasses the drainage basin of the Volga River, the longest river in Europe, in central and southern European Russia. The Volga Region is culturally separated into three sections: Upper Volga Region - from the Volga River's source in Tver Oblast to the mouth of the Oka River in Nizhny Novgorod. Middle Volga Region - from the mouth of the Oka River to the mouth of the Kama River south of Kazan. Lower Volga Region - from the mouth of the Kama River mouth to the Volga Delta in the Caspian Sea, in Astrakhan Oblast.The geographic boundaries of the region are vague, and the term Volga Region is used ...
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The Best Attractions In Lower Volga

  • 1. 'The Motherland Calls' Sculpture Volgograd
    The Motherland Calls is the compositional centre of the monument-ensemble Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad on Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd, Russia. It was designed by sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich and structural engineer Nikolai Nikitin, and declared the tallest statue in the world in 1967. It is the tallest statue in Europe and the tallest statue of a woman in the world.
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  • 2. Mamayev Hill Monuments Volgograd
    Mamayev Kurgan is a dominant height overlooking the city of Volgograd in Southern Russia. The name in Russian means tumulus of Mamai. The formation is dominated by a memorial complex commemorating the Battle of Stalingrad . The battle, a hard-fought Soviet victory over Axis forces on the Eastern Front of World War II, turned into one of the bloodiest battles in human history. At the time of its installation in 1967 the statue named The Motherland Calls on Mamayev Kurgan formed the largest free-standing sculpture in the world; as of 2016 it is the tallest sculpture of a woman in the world.
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  • 4. Saratov State Radischev Art Museum Saratov
    Saratov is a city and the administrative center of Saratov Oblast, Russia, and a major port on the Volga River located upstream of Volgograd. Population: 837,900 ; 873,055 ; 904,643 .
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  • 8. Alley of the Heroes Volgograd
    The Alley of Immortality is a memorial square located in the park adjacent to Taganrog's school №34. Small parcels of earth gathered from the USSR's Hero Cities and other historically significant places have been collected and arranged to form the plaza. The Alley of Immortality is a place for holding memorable services and laying flowers.
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  • 12. River Don Volgograd
    The Don is one of the major Eurasian rivers of Russia and the 5th longest river in Europe. The Don basin is between the Dnieper basin to the west, the Volga basin to the east, and the Oka basin to the north. The Don rises in the town of Novomoskovsk 60 kilometres southeast of Tula , and flows for a distance of about 1,870 kilometres to the Sea of Azov. From its source, the river first flows southeast to Voronezh, then southwest to its mouth. The main city on the river is Rostov on Don. Its main tributary is the Seversky Donets.
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  • 15. Pavlov's House Volgograd
    Pavlov's House was a fortified apartment building which Red Army defenders held for 60 days against a heavy Wehrmacht offensive during the Battle of Stalingrad. The siege lasted from 27 September to 25 November 1942 and eventually the Soviet forces managed to relieve it from the siege. It gained its popular name from Sergeant Yakov Pavlov, who commanded the platoon that seized the building and defended it during the long battle.
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