Hero City Volgograd

1. Hero City Volgograd

2. Volgograd is located in the south of the European part of Russia, one thousand kilometers from Moscow. The total population is

one million people.

3. Initially, the city had a completely different name. Founded in 1589, a fortified city between the Volga and Don rivers, was

Tsaritsyn - Stalingrad - Volgograd
Initially, the city had a completely different name. Founded in 1589, a fortified
city between the Volga and Don rivers, was called Tsaritsyn.
The small river Tsaritsa flowing near the fortress walls gave the name to the
formed settlement.
Then the city was renamed Stalingrad, and he bore such a name until 1961.
In early September, Volgograd celebrates 430 years.

4. Battle of Stalingrad

Volgograd
has the status of
a hero city. It was here that
in the bloody years of World
War II, the battle for
Stalingrad took place, which
became the turning point in
the war.
During the battle, more than
a million people died
Dates: from July 17, 1942
to February 2, 1943.
In Volgograd, many monuments and places are dedicated to the memory of the days of the war.

5. Mamaev Kurgan - the heart of Volgograd

Mamaev Kurgan the heart of Volgograd
The monument “Motherland is calling!” On Mamaev Kurgan (opened on October 15, 1967)

6. Mamaev Kurgan - the heart of Volgograd

Mamaev Kurgan the heart of Volgograd
Currently it is undergoing renovation statue Motherland

7. Hall of Military Glory

8. ALLEY OF HEROES

alley in the city center

9. Lenin Square

Behind the colonnade are
Pavlov’s House and
museum panorama
complex

10.

Gerhart Mill (Grudinin) the destroyed building of
the mill, which became a
symbol of the fierce
fighting in the Battle of
Stalingrad.
Left unrestored as a
memory of the war.
Now it is part of the
panorama museum
"Battle of Stalingrad."

11. Complex of the Panorama Museum "Battle of Stalingrad"

Complex of the Panorama Museum
"Battle of Stalingrad"

12. Pavlov's House

During the Battle of Stalingrad, a group
of Soviet fighters heroically
defended their defense for 58 days.

13. Embankment of Volgograd

14. In 2018, 4 matches of the World Cup were held in Volgograd.

Stadium Volgograd Arena

15. THANKS FOR ATTENTION!