Volgograd International Airport 52 min
Volgogradskiy Most (21 min) Volga Hydroelectric Station (32 min) Volgograd Planetarium (27 min) Longtime planetarium offering astronomy exhibits & an observatory with day & evening programs. Mel'nitsa Gergardta (26 min) Ruins of a historic brick steam mill that was destroyed in the Battle of Stalingrad. 'To Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad' at Mamayev Kurgan (26 min) Site of fierce fighting during WWII, this hill is now home to a massive sculpture & war memorials. Volzhskaya Oranzhereya (27 min) Hall of Military Glory (Zal Voinskoy Slavy) (29 min) A sculpture of a hand carries an eternal flame in this war memorial with a changing of the guard. Dom Pavlova (26 min) War torn landmark apartment block held for 58 days during the 1942 Battle of Stalingrad siege. Tsentral'nyy Park Kul'tury I Otdykha (26 min) Family-friendly, leisure area with paved walkways & shade trees, plus a ferris wheel & other rides. Volgograd Panorama Museum (27 min) Long-standing museum complex with informational exhibits about military history & culture. Gidrostroitel' (23 min) Dzerzhinsky monument (37 min) The Motherland Calls (28 min) One of the world's largest statues (and the largest of a woman) commemorates the Russian war dead. The memorial complex 'Island Lyudnikov' (35 min) Ostrov Denezhnyy (37 min) |