Volgograd International Airport 48 min
Square of Fallen Fighters (29 min) Vast central square & Civil War battle site honoring fallen soldiers with ceremonial events. Mel'nitsa Gergardta (25 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 (20 min) Site of fierce fighting during WWII, this hill is now home to a massive sculpture & war memorials. Mikhailu Panikakhe (16 min) Muzey Russkoy Skazki (47 min) Dom Pavlova (25 min) War torn landmark apartment block held for 58 days during the 1942 Battle of Stalingrad siege. Озеро Лотосов (45 min) Volga Hydroelectric Station (6 min) Volgogradskiy Most (30 min) Парк культуры и отдыха 'ВолгоградГидроСтрой' (Парк ВГС) (15 min) Volgograd Panorama Museum (26 min) Long-standing museum complex with informational exhibits about military history & culture. The memorial complex 'Island Lyudnikov' (15 min) The Motherland Calls (20 min) One of the world's largest statues (and the largest of a woman) commemorates the Russian war dead. Tsentral'nyy Park Kul'tury I Otdykha (24 min) Family-friendly, leisure area with paved walkways & shade trees, plus a ferris wheel & other rides. Hall of Military Glory (Zal Voinskoy Slavy) (30 min) A sculpture of a hand carries an eternal flame in this war memorial with a changing of the guard. |