Volgograd International Airport 22 min
Volgograd Panorama Museum (17 min) Long-standing museum complex with informational exhibits about military history & culture. Square of Fallen Fighters (14 min) Vast central square & Civil War battle site honoring fallen soldiers with ceremonial events. Park Druzhby Volgograd-Baku (19 min) Open since 2013, a 17-acre park with an arch monument, memorials, fountains & a playground. Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin Museum (17 min) Casual hotel with colorful rooms, plus a Soviet era-themed restaurant & a museum about Stalin. Volgograd Planetarium (16 min) Longtime planetarium offering astronomy exhibits & an observatory with day & evening programs. Dom Pavlova (17 min) War torn landmark apartment block held for 58 days during the 1942 Battle of Stalingrad siege. 'To Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad' at Mamayev Kurgan (16 min) Site of fierce fighting during WWII, this hill is now home to a massive sculpture & war memorials. Area Tribulation (20 min) Museum & memorial dedicated to the Battle of Stalingrad, with artworks, military objects & medals. Volgogradskiy Muzey Izobrazitel'nykh Iskusstv Im. I.i. Mashkova (17 min) Straightforward venue with a traditional collection of paintings & Russian cultural artifacts. Tsentral'nyy Park Kul'tury I Otdykha (20 min) Family-friendly, leisure area with paved walkways & shade trees, plus a ferris wheel & other rides. Volgogradskiy Most (19 min) The Motherland Calls (20 min) One of the world's largest statues (and the largest of a woman) commemorates the Russian war dead. Hall of Military Glory (Zal Voinskoy Slavy) (20 min) A sculpture of a hand carries an eternal flame in this war memorial with a changing of the guard. Mel'nitsa Gergardta (17 min) Ruins of a historic brick steam mill that was destroyed in the Battle of Stalingrad. |