VOLGOGRAD STATE PANORAMIC MUSEUM
The Volgograd Panoramic Museum, named for the massive Battle of Stalingrad, is one of the city's most popular attractions. The museum, opened on the 3rd of January 1937, has had many different names throughout its history. It opened as the Museum of Defense of Tsaritsyn until 1948 when it was renamed the Museum of Defense of Tsaritsyn-Stalingrad. Then again, in 1963 it became the Volgograd State Defense Museum, and lastly in 1982, the museum made the final changes of its name, becoming the Volgograd State Panoramic Museum "Stalingrad Battle." Despite the many changes to the museum's name, the purpose of the museum has always remained the same, and has always held the same historical war artifacts. |
Flour mill ruins Artifact WAR AND DEFENSE COLLECTION
The Flour Mill Ruins Artifact is a key site from the Battle of Stalingrad. It was left untouched as a monument. The mill was built, ironically, by German businessmen in the 19th Century; and despite not being a "usual" artifact you would find at a museum, the Mill is one of the most popular attractions in Volgograd, attracting an abundance of people to the museum.
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The Volgograd State Museum, as it has always done, houses many historical artifacts used in combat and defense. Inside the museum there are a collection of different equipment; however, the real popular collection at the museum would be the war and defense collection just outside. Equipped with planes, tanks, trains, and other vehicles, it seems obvious that the Volgograd state museum is one opportunity I would hate to miss out on.
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the hill of Mamayev Kurgan
Known as Stalingrad during much of the Soviet era, Volgograd is now an important industrial city of just over a million people. During World War II, the hill of Mamayev Kurgan was one of the bloodiest locations of the Battle of Stalingrad (the deadliest battle in history, claiming a million and a half lives), and is now the site of a memorial complex. This site contains several small statues, as well as the larger statue, the Motherland Calls. This towering statue is one of the world's largest statues (and the largest of a woman); it commemorates the Russian war dead. I would be honored to be able to visit the Mamayev hill during my stay in the famous city of Volgograd.
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