Sculptures "Fight to the Bitter End" (in the foreground) and "The Motherland Calls!" of memorial-ensemble to the Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad on Mamayev Kurgan (1960-1967).01.07.2004#746389
German veterans of World War II, participants in the Battle of Stalingrad, on the Soldier's Field near Volgograd, where fierce battles were fought in the summer and autumn of 1942.01.10.1991#6691487
German veterans of the Second World War (1939-1945), participants in the Battle of Stalingrad, lay a wreath at the Eternal Flame in the Hall of Military Glory on the Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd.01.10.1991#6691485
Children of War-Time Stalingrad: 50 Years On. V. Krasnoslobodtseva was 13 years old during the Great Patriotic War.02.09.1991#8754574
The Children of War-Time Stalingrad: 50 Years On Association. In 1942, these people shared the same destiny in war-torn Stalingrad.02.09.1991#8754572
The Children of War-Time Stalingrad: 50 Years On Association. Members of the Association laid a cornerstone at the site of a future monument dedicated to the German air strike of August 23, 1942 that killed about 40,000 city residents on that day alone. On May 9, 1995, a monument honoring peaceful residents of Stalingrad was also unveiled here. V. Spitsyna still recalls the horrors of Nazi air strikes during the Battle of Stalingrad in 1942.02.09.1991#8754569
The Children of War-Time Stalingrad: 50 Years On Association. Members of the Association laid a cornerstone at the site of a future monument dedicated to the German air strike of August 23, 1942 that killed about 40,000 city residents on that day alone.02.09.1991#8754568
Stalingrad, the Soviet Union. Pedestal making the forward edge of the battle area during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.03.05.1983#5866948
Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). The Battle of Stalingrad (July 1942 - February 1943). Aerial view of the destroyed Pavlov building, left, and the Gergardta mill, right, in Stalingrad.01.11.1982#5864840
The Volgograd State Museum of Defense (today's Volgograd Memorial and Historical Museum). A letter 32nd President of the United States, Franklin Roosevelt sent to the USSR in May 1944 in memory of the Battle of Stalingrad. On behalf of Americans, the President expressed admiration for the people of Stalingrad, the siege survivors, for their fortitude.20.03.1973#5645001
Lenin Square in Volgograd. Built to a design by sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich and architect T. A. Zakharov, this monument to Vladimir Lenin was unveiled here in 1960. A bas-relief on the butt-end wall of the Pavlov House (House of Soldiers' Glory) can be seen in the background in the center of a semi-round colonnade. A group of Soviet soldiers commanded by Senior Sergeant Yakov Pavlov defended the house during the Battle of Stalingrad.01.07.1969#6138730
Krasnopiterskaya Street (today's Marshall Chuikov Street) in Volgograd. The Stalingrad Defense Line is a landmark with 17 T-34 tank towers on granite foundations installed at the points where the Nazis approached the banks of the Volga during the Stalingrad Battle.01.06.1969#6139505
Lenin Square in Volgograd. The monument to Vladimir Lenin was unveiled in 1960 and designed by sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich and architect A.Zakharov. Background, center of the colonnade: a bas relief installed on a facade of the Pavlov House (the House of Soldier Glory), defended by a group of Soviet soldiers led by Staff Sergeant Y.Pavlov during the Stalingrad Battle.01.06.1969#6139504
The Volgograd State Defense Museum (today's the Stalingrad Battle Museum Reserve). The destroyed building of the Gergardt (Grudinin) mill was built in 1990 by the Gergardt family. It was open until demolition bombs hit it on September 14, 1942. A landmark of the 1942-1943 Stalingrad Battle.01.06.1969#6139503
Lenin Square in Volgograd. The statue of Vladimir Lenin was installed in 1960. Created by sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich and architect Grigory Zakharov. Background, center of the semicircular colonnade: a bas-relief installed on the read wall of the Pavlov House (the House of Soldier Glory) where a group of Soviet troops led by senior sergeant Yakov Pavlov put up a heroic defense during the Battle of Stalingrad.22.07.1968#6083194
Mamaev Kurgan located at 102 meters above the sea level, occupied the dominant position of strategic control over Stalingrad and the Volga during the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). The site of the most intense fighting, where more than 7,000 officers and soldiers of the Red Army were killed.01.07.1968#704056
Mamaev Kurgan located at 102 meters above the sea level, occupied the dominant position of strategic control over Stalingrad and the Volga during the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). The site of the most intense fighting, where more than 7,000 officers and soldiers of the Red Army were killed.01.07.1968#704055
Ruins of the steam-mill (built in 1904) where soldiers of the 13th Guards Rifle Division under the command of Twice Hero of the Soviet Union Gen. Alexander Rodimtsev put up a heroic defense of Stalingrad during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.01.07.1968#704052
Yakov Pavlov, Great Patriotic War veteran, Hero of the Soviet Union, commanding officer of a group of soldiers that defended a four-story residential building in Lenin Square (now Pavlov Square) in central Stalingrad in the fall of 1942, visits the Battle of Stalingrad Museum.09.05.1968#5969483
The Pavlov House (House of Military Glory) in Volgograd, formerly Stalingrad, was heroically defended for 58 days by a group of Soviet soldiers commanded by Senior Sergeant Yakov Pavlov during the Battle of Stalingrad. The house's butt-end section features a wall commemorating all the soldiers11.01.1968#6066799
The Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad historical-memorial complex on Mamayev Hill in Volgograd. Photo: The Military Glory Hall (Pantheon of Glory). Its 34 scarlet red plates, rimmed with black ribbons, are inscribed with the names of about 7,500 soldiers who were killed in action near Stalingrad.11.01.1968#6066795
The Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad historical-memorial complex on Mamayev Hill in Volgograd. Photo: A sculptured composition on Heroes Square and the main monument Motherland Calling by sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich.11.01.1968#6066794
The Heroes of the Stalingrad Battle memorial at Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd. The Moterland Calls, main monument of the memorial by sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich. Unveiled on October 15, 1967.18.10.1967#6128455
The historical-memorial complex To Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad on Mamayev Hill in Volgograd. The main monument Motherland Calling by sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich was opened on October 15, 1967.18.10.1967#6158018
Walking near one of the 17 gun turrets installed in Volgograd and showing where the front line was on November 19, 1942. On that day Soviet troops launched an offensive.01.09.1967#642393
Volgograd. Stalingrad Defense Line is a landmark consisting of 17 T-34 tank towers on granite foundations installed at the points where the Nazi troops approached the banks of the River Volga during the Battle of Stalingrad (November 1942). One of the tanks is located on the 62nd Army Embankment, where the front edge of the defense of General A.Rodimtsev's 13th guard rifling division began.23.07.1967#6142005
The Stalingrad Line of Defense Memorial in Volgograd, built to a design by architect Fyodor Lysov. This photo features one of its 17 granite pedestals with the turrets of T-34 tanks, installed along a line showing the maximum extent of the Nazi-German forces' advance toward the Volga River during the Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943).15.06.1967#8118248
The Historical-Memorial Complex Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad on Mamayev Hill in Volgograd, formerly Stalingrad. Photo: Sculptured compositions on Heroes Square and the main monument Motherland Calling by sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich.03.06.1967#5926291
The Historical-Memorial Complex Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad on Mamayev Hill in Volgograd, formerly Stalingrad. Photo: The far right of two propylea (gateways), built from ruins along a granite stairway leading from Stood to Death Square toward Heroes Square.03.06.1967#5926289
The Heroes of Stalingrad Battle Memorial Museum and Reserve at Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd. "Standing to the last man" sculpture. Back: The Motherland Calls! monument by Yevgeny Vuchetich.01.06.1967#6154324
State Historical and Memorial Museum and Reserve to Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad on Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd. The sculpture Fight to The Bitter End, with the Motherland Calls monument, sculpted by Yevgeny Vuchetich, in the background.01.06.1967#6154322
State Historical and Memorial Museum and Reserve to Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad on Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd.01.06.1967#6154226
The historical-memorial complex to Heroes of Battle of Stalingrad on Mamayev Hill in Volgograd. A monument near the Smaller Common Grave of Stalingrad's Defenders killed fighting for Mamayev Hill in January-February 1943.07.05.1966#6324115
The historical and memorial complex To the Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad on Mamayev Kurgan by Yevgeny Vuchetich. Fight to the Death sculpture.15.07.1965#5782792
The Battle of Stalingrad State Historical and Memorial Museum Reserve on Mamayev Kurgan. The sculpture Fighting to the Bitter End, made by Yevgeny Vuchetich, in the center of the pool on Square of Final Stand.05.07.1965#6032233
The Battle of Stalingrad State Historical and Memorial Museum Reserve on Mamayev Kurgan. One of the two walls of the Ruined Walls memorial complex, built along the granite stairs from Square of Final Stand to Square of Heroes, sculptured by Yevgeny Vuchetich.05.07.1965#6032232
The Gergardt Mill historical monument, one of the symbols of Volgograd and the Battle of Stalingrad.05.07.1965#6032119
Prominent Soviet military leader, participant in the defense of Stalingrad Twice Hero of the Soviet Union Colonel-General Dmitry D.Lelyushenko.01.01.1965#83368
A fragment of the diorama 'Fighting on Mamayev Hill' by Petr Zhigimont, Georgy Marchenko and Vasily Kuznetsov of the Grekov Studio, the Volgograd State Museum of Defense.01.12.1963#5656711
One of 18 tank towers in Volgograd that determine the front line on November 19, 1942, when Soviet troops began to advance. This is where the front edge of the Stalingrad defense by General Rodimtsev's 13th Guard Rifle Division was located.01.11.1962#5678917
The Great Patriotic War of 1941 - 1945. The Steppe Front. Fighting on the approaches to Kharkov. August 1943.01.08.1943#2960463
Great Patriotic War 1941-1945. Dulag-205, a concentration camp for Soviet POWs in Alekseyevka outside Stalingrad.10.02.1943#5728504
The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. The Battle of Stalingrad. A captured German soldier.03.02.1943#8683425
The Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). The Stalingrad battle. July 1942 - February 1943. Destroyed German equipment near Stalingrad.01.02.1943#5620636
The Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). The Battle of Stalingrad, July 1942 - February 1943. The first obelisk for the fallen defenders of Stalingrad on Mamayev Kurgan unveiled in February 1943.01.02.1943#5657663
Great Patriotic War 1941-1945. The Battle of Stalingrad, July 1942 - February 1943. Commander of the 39th Guards Rifle Division Major General Stepan Guryev, left, and director of the Krasny Oktyabr metal works Paruir Matevosyan are on the territory of the destroyed plant/01.02.1943#5689300
Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Stalingrad Battle. July 1942 - February 1943. Central square of Stalingrad. A soldier holds a flag above the liberated city.31.01.1943#5605962
Soviet Army soldiers and commanders waiting for the reply from the German Command to their surrender ultimatum.30.01.1943#58810
The Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). The Battle of Stalingrad, July 1942 - February 1943. German prisoners in Stalingrad.21.01.1943#5657667
The Battle of Stalingrad (July 1942-February 1943) during the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945).01.01.1943#5603763
The Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). The Battle of Stalingrad, July 1942 - February 1943. Fight for Pavlov's house (the building was defended by soldiers commanded by Senior Sargent Pavlov for 58 days) in Stalingrad.17.12.1942#5656718
The Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). The Battle of Stalingrad, July 1942 - February 1943. Gunners' shelling near Krasny Oktryabr Plant, Stalingrad.10.12.1942#5656717
The Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). The Battle of Stalingrad, July 1942 - February 1943. Street fights in Stalingrad.09.12.1942#5657666
The Great Patriotic War of 1941 - 1945. Stalingrad Front. December 1942. Front meetings.01.12.1942#2960458
