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Mamaev KurganKnown as Hill 102 during the Battle of Stalingrad, Mamaev Kurgan was the site of four months of fierce fighting and is now a memorial to Soviet fighters…
Must-see attractions in Volgograd
Panorama Museum of the Battle of StalingradThis enormous museum has eight large display rooms filled with exhibits on WWII and the Battle of Stalingrad. There's little English signage but each room…
Rossoshka Memorial CemeteryThis reconciliation cemetery, near the village of Rossoshka, 35km northwest of Volgograd, marks the final resting place of some 20,000 fallen Soviet…
Museum Reserve Old SareptaAn hour by marshrutka from the centre, what is now known as the Krasnoarmeysk district was once the German colony of Sarepta. Today the entire quarter is…
- Museum of the Volga-Don Canal
Alongside the canal, this small museum tells the story of the canal and gives insight into water transport in Europe. Take marshrutka 15a, 91a, 93a, 93c,…
- Volga-Don Canal
Built in 1952, the Volga-Don Canal is the grandiose gateway of an aquatic avenue that now connects the White and the Black Seas via the Volga and Don…