Volgograd International Airport 53 min
Square of Fallen Fighters (30 min) Vast central square & Civil War battle site honoring fallen soldiers with ceremonial events. Volgogradskiy Most (42 min) V. I. Lenin Monument (23 min) 'To Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad' at Mamayev Kurgan (40 min) Site of fierce fighting during WWII, this hill is now home to a massive sculpture & war memorials. Moryakam Severomortsam (22 min) Hall of Military Glory (Zal Voinskoy Slavy) (43 min) A sculpture of a hand carries an eternal flame in this war memorial with a changing of the guard. The Motherland Calls (40 min) One of the world's largest statues (and the largest of a woman) commemorates the Russian war dead. Volgogradskiy Oblastnoy Krayevedcheskiy Muzey (29 min) Regional heritage is explored at this museum, with exhibits ranging from archeological to cultural. Staraya Sarepta (19 min) Mel'nitsa Gergardta (34 min) Ruins of a historic brick steam mill that was destroyed in the Battle of Stalingrad. Volgograd Panorama Museum (34 min) Long-standing museum complex with informational exhibits about military history & culture. Lysaya Gora (20 min) Dom Pavlova (34 min) War torn landmark apartment block held for 58 days during the 1942 Battle of Stalingrad siege. |