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Landmark Attractions In Volgograd

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Volgograd , formerly Tsaritsyn , 1589–1925, and Stalingrad , 1925–1961, is an important industrial city and the administrative centre of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. It lies on the western bank of the Volga River. The Battle of Stalingrad in World War II was one of the largest and bloodiest battles in the history of warfare. Known as the hero city locally, it is home to The Motherland Calls, an 85 meter statue dedicated to the heroes of the battle. The city also has many tourist attractions, such as museums, sandy beaches, and a self-propelled floating church. Population: 1,021,215 ; 1,011,417 ; 1,022,578 .
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  • 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. The Eternal Flame Volgograd
    The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a war memorial, dedicated to the Soviet soldiers killed during World War II. It is located at the Kremlin Wall in the Alexander Garden in Moscow. The remains of the unknown soldiers killed in the Battle of Moscow in 1941 were initially buried in a mass grave of the Shtyki Memorial at the 40th km of the Leningrad highway at the city of Zelenograd. This was the location of the closest approach of the German armies to Moscow during the war. To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the battle, in December 1966 these remains were relocated to the Kremlin Wall. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was designed by architects D. I. Burdin, V. A. Klimov, Yu. R. Rabayev and sculptor Nikolai Tomsky, and was unveiled to the public on May 8, 1967. The dark red porphyry monum...
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  • 6. Art Fountain Volgograd
    Russian culture has a long history. Russia claims a long tradition of dividend in many aspects of the arts, especially when it comes to literature, folk dancing, philosophy, classical music, traditional folk music, ballet, architecture, painting, cinema, animation and politics, which all had considerable influence on world culture. The country also has a flavorful material culture and a tradition in technology. Russian culture grew from that of the East Slavs, with their pagan beliefs and specific way of life in the wooded, steppe and forest-steppe areas of far Eastern Europe or Eurasia. Early Russian culture was much influenced by neighbouring Finno-Ugric tribes, by the nomadic peoples of the Eurasian Steppe and in the late 1st millennium AD by nordic people like Varangians , which also t...
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  • 8. Heroes Square Volgograd
    The title Hero of the Soviet Union was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society.
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  • 11. Tram Monument Volgograd
    The Kryvyi Rih Metrotram or the Kryvyi Rih Fast Tram or until 2003, the Kryvyi Rih Metropoliten is a partially underground rapid tram/light rail system that serves the city of Kryvyi Rih in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, the eighth-largest city in Ukraine. Despite its designation as a metro tram and its use of tram cars as rolling stock, the Kryvyi Rih Metrotram is a fully grade-separated both from roads and from the city's conventional tram lines, with enclosed stations and tracks.
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