Volgograd is a city on the Volga. One of the twelve cities whose military glory and whose military sacrifices are so great that these cities bear the title of hero city. Rebuilt after the Great Patriotic War, Volgograd is imbued with the memory of the Battle of Stalingrad, which unfolded here from July 1942 to February 1943. Tsaritsyn, Stalingrad, and now Volgograd - a city on the Volga. The sights of Volgograd are strictly military in nature when it comes to monuments, and only recently monuments not related to the events of the Battle of Stalingrad began to appear in the city.
We were given one day for a tour of Volgograd. During this day we managed to visit the Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex, see the Battle of Stalingrad panorama museum and walk around the city itself. The excursion to Mamayev Kurgan was of central importance in our hike, so we decided to start there. Plus, the climb to the memorial complex is located from east to west, so by visiting it in the first half of the day you will avoid the blinding sun. Article about Mamayev Kurgan.
Many tourists begin their acquaintance with Volgograd from the 62nd Army Embankment. There is a river station here, where tourists arrive on cruise ships. We arrived in the hero city by rail. Therefore, our acquaintance with the city of military glory began from its railway station. The building itself, like almost everything in Volgograd, was built after the war in 1954.
Excursion around Volgograd
In 2013, a replica of the famous Barmaley fountain was installed on the station square. But unlike the original fountain, the figures of the children have grown significantly longer. During Soviet times, this was a standard fountain installed in many cities. He became famous thanks to a series of photographs taken by photojournalist Emmanuel Noevich Evzerikhin after an air raid on August 23, 1942. The photographs clearly show the contrast between the destroyed and burning city and the carefree child figures on the fountain.
We begin our movement from Station Square to the main transport of Volgograd - the High Speed Tram. It will be convenient for us to navigate between all the attractions that we planned to see. So, from Station Square we go down Gogol Street and find ourselves in a large square. If we go down, we will get to the Square of Fallen Fighters, but we decided to leave this attraction for the end of the walk. To our right is a monument to Alexander Nevsky, and the building with colonnades is the New Experimental Theater. Behind it is the Komsomolsky Garden, in which there is a bust of Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol. This is the oldest monument in Volgograd. He survived both the repressions of the Soviet regime and the Battle of Stalingrad. It was found in ruins and restored.
We walk two blocks along Mira Street and turn left along Krasnoznamenskaya Street. One more block and now we are on the main street of Volgograd - Lenin Avenue. It is along this route that the famous high-speed trams of Volgograd run. You really won't see them here. Here they walk underground. Pionerskaya station was on our right hand. Forward!
We took a tram to the Profsoyuznaya station, the deepest station of the High Speed Tram, its depth is 14 meters. Here is one of the restaurants of the famous fast food chain, where we had breakfast, drank coffee and were ready to rush into battle.
Volga River ⇧
We have already mentioned it several times while passing through various cities of Russia. A powerful, wide and somehow bewitching river. Just some kind of, if not the ridge of Russia, which is most likely the Ural Mountains, but the main artery of the country! Walking around Volgograd, it is impossible not to see her.
From afar the Volga River flows for a long time, the Volga River flows, there is no end. ...
Highway Volgograd - Rostov-on-Don
At around 13:00 we left for Rostov-on-Don, where we booked the apartment at breakfast.
The highway, more or less, was not very busy, and after 116 km we actually “emerged” onto the four-lane Don highway and driving became generally fun! True, at the entrance to the city in the MEGA area, there was still a 40-minute traffic jam. On the way we met 2 cars with stickers on the rear window: “I’ll buy Obama’s skin” and “Obama schmuck”
