Volgograd International Airport 37 min
Square of Fallen Fighters (18 min) Vast central square & Civil War battle site honoring fallen soldiers with ceremonial events. The memorial complex 'Island Lyudnikov' (10 min) The Motherland Calls (9 min) One of the world's largest statues (and the largest of a woman) commemorates the Russian war dead. Volgograd Panorama Museum (15 min) Long-standing museum complex with informational exhibits about military history & culture. Volgogradskiy Most (19 min) Area Tribulation (19 min) Museum & memorial dedicated to the Battle of Stalingrad, with artworks, military objects & medals. Mikhailu Panikakhe (5 min) Hall of Military Glory (Zal Voinskoy Slavy) (19 min) A sculpture of a hand carries an eternal flame in this war memorial with a changing of the guard. 'To Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad' at Mamayev Kurgan (9 min) Site of fierce fighting during WWII, this hill is now home to a massive sculpture & war memorials. Dom Pavlova (14 min) War torn landmark apartment block held for 58 days during the 1942 Battle of Stalingrad siege. Tsentral'nyy Park Kul'tury I Otdykha (13 min) Family-friendly, leisure area with paved walkways & shade trees, plus a ferris wheel & other rides. Volga Hydroelectric Station (16 min) Mel'nitsa Gergardta (14 min) Ruins of a historic brick steam mill that was destroyed in the Battle of Stalingrad. Park Druzhby Volgograd-Baku (13 min) Open since 2013, a 17-acre park with an arch monument, memorials, fountains & a playground. |