Volgograd –
Stalingrad
If you look at a map of Russia
and find the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea, you’ll find Volgograd, right in
between, on the Volga River. The Battle of Stalingrad was one of the great
battles of World War Two and a terrible defeat for Hitler’s Nazi Germany. The
most important memorial of Stalingrad battle is on a large hill called Mamaev
Kurgan.  At the top is the huge statue of Mother Russia “Mother
Russia” is 52 meters high and is made out of nearly 8,000 tons of metal and
concrete….learn more
about Volgograd-Stalingrad battle and memorial

Statue of Mother Russia
To give you an idea of how large
this statue is, look at the person standing next to it inside the blue
circle.
255-th
motor-shooting Volgogradsko-Korsunsky regiment (20-th Motor-Shooting
Division)….learn more
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