There was one "outstanding political figure", one of "builders of democratic Russia" - Anatoly Alexandrovich Sobchak. Now the glory of the father has been eclipsed by the glory of the daughter, but maybe someone else remembers the father. So he, already the mayor of St. Petersburg, promoted the idea of installing a memorial to the German soldiers who died near Leningrad. According to the plan, the memorial was supposed to stand in the city of Pushkin.
And he was not alone. Several years ago in Volgograd they wanted to erect a monument to the Germans who died in Stalingrad. Germany allocated money, the authorities gave consent... and only threats to blow up this monument emanating from ordinary people, forced me to abandon its installation...
The list is, of course, incomplete, but the picture is general outline clear, right? Which monuments now need to be erected and which ones need to be demolished.
A little more time will pass and the world will quite reasonably say that the Germans did not commit atrocities in the USSR during World War II: "You see how they are still respected - they erect monuments to them and take care of them. How can this happen if we are talking about villains?..."
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I am not at all annoyed by the monument to the fallen French on the Borodino field. And a monument to the dead Germans in World War I would not irritate. I don't know, maybe there is one somewhere.
I am not a historian and I know history at school level, as well as according to the stories of its direct participants and therefore I believe that the situation with World War II is fundamentally different: firstly, in previous wars the aggressors had no plans to exterminate people simply because they were born of the “wrong nationality” and secondly, there were no attempts to implement these plans. And I consider it blasphemous to erect monuments to the dead for the sake of realizing this idea.
When we talk about the monuments of Volgograd, first of all, of course, we remember Mamayev Kurgan. This is true holy place for all Russians. After all, it was here, back in 1943, that terrible bloody battles unfolded that changed the entire course of the Great Patriotic War. The battle for Volgograd (in the war years - Stalingrad) was destined to become one of the most significant and most difficult pages in the history of the war. It lasted 200 long days, 135 of them on Mamayev Kurgan.
In memory of those terrible and heroic events, a huge, impressive in its scale, was erected on this site. memorial complex, dedicated to the heroes who died in the Battle of Stalingrad.
Monument-ensemble "Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad"
This majestic memorial ensemble, the construction of which began under the leadership famous architect E.V. Vuchetich back in the 50s of the last century, today it is the largest military monument in the world and at the same time the largest in the world mass grave, in which Russian soldiers are buried. According to historians, more than 35 thousand people who died during the war are buried here. Battle of Stalingrad. Many of them were reburied here after the war.
In 2008, the Mamayev Kurgan itself and the memorial ensemble erected on it were recognized as one of the wonders of Russia. Undoubtedly, the sculptural compositions located here are worthy of a separate description.
High relief “Memory of Generations”
Thus, on the Entrance Square there is a high relief “Memory of Generations”. This multi-figure sculpture stone wall depicts a funeral procession in honor of fallen heroes. There is also a memorial stele in honor of the 12 hero cities.
Sculptural composition “Stand to the death”
Next sculptural composition, which opens up to our eyes, is called “Stand to the death.” It was with this motto that Soviet soldiers marched to decisive battle. The monument is located on the square of the same name, in the center of a round pool and is a symbol of the most difficult stages of the battle. The central figure of the composition is a sculpture carved from a huge monolithic block of a Soviet warrior, a warrior-hero who stood up to defend his native city.
Ruin walls
A granite staircase goes up from the “Fight to the Death” square, and along it there are the so-called “Ruin Walls”. This unusual memorial, 46 meters long and 18 meters high, is a kind of heroic chronicle of the Battle of Stalingrad. Particularly impressive is the soundtrack of this place with information bureau reports and songs of the war years.
And after the Ruin Walls we see the Square of Heroes.
Sculptures "Heroes Square"
On the “Heroes Square”, in the center of which there is a rectangular pool, we see six sculptural compositions of Stalingrad heroes, each of which is a symbol of courage and heroism.
"Hall of Military Glory"
Behind the “Heroes Square” is the “Hall of Military Glory”, in the center of which rises a 5-meter sculpture in the form of a hand holding a torch with fire. And around it are high pylons with images of soldiers of all branches of the Soviet troops.
Sculpture "Mother's Sorrow"
The next sculpture of the memorial complex is the sculpture of the mother, located on the “Sorrow Square”. It contains all the pain of mothers who lost their sons in the war.
Monument “The Motherland Calls!”
And finally, the central sculpture of the entire composition, which rises in the center of Mamayev Kurgan and is a symbol of the entire memorial complex, is the sculpture “The Motherland Calls!”
Truly an impressive monument that symbolizes the call of the Motherland to her sons and is one of the largest in the world. Its total height is 85 meters, and this reinforced concrete sculpture weighs 8 thousand tons.
A visit to this place makes an indelible impression and gives hope that the feat of the Volgograd residents will forever remain in the memory of descendants.
Dedicated to the events of the Great Patriotic War and other monuments of Volgograd.
Monument to Mikhail Panikakha
Thus, in the Krasnooktyabrsky district of Volgograd in May 1975, a monument was erected to the hero of the Battle of Stalingrad, Mikhail Panikakha, Hero of the Soviet Union, who, having sacrificed own life, stopped the Nazi advance and helped the 193rd Division defend its positions. Brave Ukrainian soldier Mikhail Panikakha rushed at the tank with a bottle of flammable mixture. This tragic moment is captured in the monument erected in his honor in Volgograd.
Monument "Cossack Glory" in Volgograd
Volgograd residents also remember the glorious past of their predecessors - the Cossacks, who contributed to the defense of Russia and the preservation of its unity. This is confirmed by the opening of the monument to the Cossacks “Cossack Glory” in Volgograd’s Victory Park.
This sculptural composition consists of the figure of a Cossack sitting on a horse and a beautiful Cossack woman accompanying him with an icon in her hands.
Volgograd monument to Alexander Nevsky
There is also a monument to such a famous figure in Russian history as Alexander Nevsky in Volgograd. According to historians, he was one of the first to speak about the need to build a guard fortress on the Volga, which Tsaritsyn - today's Volgograd - became. The seven-meter monument to Alexander Nevsky, created by sculptor Sergei Shcherbakov, was inaugurated in February 2007 on the “Fallen Fighters Square”.
And adjacent settlements both during urban battles and later, when Stalingrad was being restored in a new way master plan, often not paying attention to the fact that historical relics are lost forever. But at the same time, the monuments to the Battle of Stalingrad, created after the war, reflected the greatness of the country that won the world war, and bitterness for the millions of dead and maimed Soviet citizens.
Monuments in Volgograd
The most famous of them:
- Monument to the Motherland Calling! and other monuments on Mamayev Kurgan.
- Museum-Panorama of the Battle of Stalingrad.
- Gerhardt's Mill
In addition to well-known monuments in Russia and the world, the following are dedicated to the memory of the Battle of Stalingrad in Volgograd:
- the unrestored building of the plant director on the banks of the Volga, a witness to the defense of the bridgehead of the 138th Guards Division (Lyudnikov Island).
- "Gasitel" - fire boat of the Volga military flotilla.
- “Line of Defense” is a line of 17 turrets of T-34-76 tanks, symbolizing the defense line of Stalingrad (Volgograd), with a length of about 30 kilometers. The idea of creating a monument appeared immediately after the end of the war. The decision to build the complex was made in February 1948, the author of the project was the Moscow architect F. M. Lysov. The first pedestal was installed on September 3, 1951, the last - three years later, on October 17, 1954. Tank turrets were assembled here, from equipment lost in the Battle of Stalingrad. Turrets of T-34 tanks of various modifications with traces of battles and holes were selected. The distance between the towers is several kilometers.
- Alley of Heroes - wide street connects the embankment to them. 62nd Army near the Volga River and the Square of Fallen Fighters. On September 8, 1985, a memorial monument dedicated to the Heroes was opened here Soviet Union and full holders of the Order of Glory, natives Volgograd region and the heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad. Artwork executed by the Volgograd branch of the Art Fund of the RSFSR under the direction of the main artist of the city M. Ya. Pyshta. The team of authors included the chief architect of the project A. N. Klyuchishchev, architect A. S. Belousov, designer L. Podoprigora, artist E. V. Gerasimov. On the monument are the names (surnames and initials) of 127 Heroes of the Soviet Union, who received this title for heroism in the Battle of Stalingrad in -1943, 192 Heroes of the Soviet Union - natives of the Volgograd region, of whom three were twice Heroes of the Soviet Union, and 28 holders of the Order of Glory of three degrees
- The building of the Central Department Store (view of the pre-war facade of the building on Ostrovsky Street) - in its basement the headquarters of the 6th German Army and F. Paulus were captured. The Memory Museum is located in the basement.
- Poplar on the Square of Fallen Fighters is a historical and natural monument of Volgograd, located on the Alley of Heroes. The poplar survived the Battle of Stalingrad and has numerous evidence of military action on its trunk.
Monuments in the Volgograd region
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Mamayev Kurgan is a hill on the right bank of the Volga, located almost in the center of Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad), and, at the same time, it is main height Russia, sacred place for Russian people. It was here – on “Height 102” (as the mound was designated on military maps) – that during the Great Patriotic War, during the Battle of Stalingrad, fierce battles took place; Soviet soldiers fought to the death. Rising above the central part of the city, it was an important link in common system defense of the Stalingrad Front, since it allowed whoever controlled the top of the mound to control almost the entire city, Trans-Volga region and crossings across the Volga.
Since then, Mamayev Kurgan has become known to the whole world as the scene of some of the most fierce battles of the Second World War, and where its radical turn took place. It is here that today the monument-ensemble “To the Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad” is located - the largest and most majestic memorial complex dedicated to the victory of the Soviet troops in the Great Patriotic War.
The battles for this height lasted 135 days out of 200 days of the Battle of Stalingrad; the slopes of the mound were plowed with bombs, shells, and mines. And after the end of the fighting, the dead from all over the city began to be buried here - about 34.5 thousand people. At the same time, the idea arose of building a monument in the city, in memory of the great battle and the defenders of the Motherland who died here.
An all-Union competition for the design of the monument was announced immediately after the war, and all sorts of options were submitted. But by Stalin’s decision, E. Vuchetich was appointed the author of the future memorial, who by that time had already created a memorial in Berlin. A team of sculptors, architects, and engineers worked on the project under his leadership. By the way, the engineering group was led by Doctor of Technical Sciences N. Nikitin, the author of the calculations for the Ostankino TV tower. It was he who performed the most complex calculations of the stability of the structure of the monument “The Motherland is Calling!” And the main military consultant of the project was Marshal of the Soviet Union V. Chuikov, commander of the 62nd Army holding Hill 102 during the war.
In January 1958, the Council of Ministers of the USSR decided to begin construction of the monument, and in May 1959, construction work began, which was carried out intensively. Despite this, the scale and complexity of the composition of the planned ensemble required several years for its implementation. Large excavations were carried out, and it was here that reinforced concrete was used for the first time in the practice of constructing monuments.
The grand opening of the cultural and historical monument-ensemble “Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad” on Mamayev Kurgan took place on October 15, 1967.
This complex on Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd is unique today engineering structure and an architectural and sculptural ensemble united general plan, a general idea. Its total area is 26 hectares, and the length of the entire complex from the foot to the top of the hill is 1.5 km. Compositionally, it consists of architectural and spatial links, as if strung on a single axis. Following in one direction, one level gives way to another, and as it rises, more and more new elements of the composition are revealed.
The main elements of the monument-ensemble are the introductory composition-high relief “Memory of Generations”, the Alley of pyramidal poplars, the square “Those who stood to death”, ruin walls, the Square of Heroes, a retaining wall-relief, a hall Military glory, Sorrow Square with the "Grieving Mother" monument, the "Motherland Calls" monument, a military memorial cemetery, a memorial arboretum at the foot of the mound, the Church of All Saints.
The main figure and compositional center of the entire ensemble is the monument “The Motherland Calls!”, which is located on a huge mound about 14 meters high, in which the remains of 34,505 soldiers - defenders of Stalingrad are buried. 200 granite steps lead from the foot of the mound to its top - the number of days of the Battle of Stalingrad. The sculpture itself “The Motherland is Calling!” amazes with its size and shape. It represents a 52-meter figure of a woman (it towers above the city and is visible for tens of kilometers), in her right hand sword 33 m long (weight 14 tons). The monument is made of reinforced concrete (5500 tons of concrete and 2400 tons of metal structures), and it was cast once, without allowing the concrete to harden so that there were no seams. Inside there are 99 steel ropes holding the structure together, a room for monitoring the condition of the ropes and a staircase. The statue stands on a slab 2 meters high (which lies on the main foundation), but is not connected to the foundation in any way, but is held by gravity.
In 2008, the monument-ensemble, after merging with the Panorama Museum "Battle of Stalingrad", was included in the list of federal monuments and became known as the State Historical and Memorial Museum-Reserve "Battle of Stalingrad". In the same year, he became one of the wonders of our country, winning the final of the “7 Wonders of Russia” competition.
Today, the historical and memorial complex “Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad” is the most visited monument in Russia - every year about three million people from Russia and other countries visit Mamayev Kurgan to see the unique creation of Soviet masters and honor the blessed memory heroic defenders Stalingrad.
Sukhanov Fedor Ivanovich (1923-2000) “Mamaev Kurgan”. 1972Volgograd Museum fine arts them. I.I. Mashkova.
On October 15, 1967, the monument-ensemble “To the Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad” was inaugurated in Volgograd.
The decision to build a memorial ensemble dedicated to the feat of the heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad (July 17, 1942 - February 2, 1943) was made back in January 1958. Construction began in May 1959 and was completed by October 1967.
The project was developed by a team of sculptors and architects under the leadership of E. V. Vuchetich. Architects: Ya. B. Belopolsky, V. A. Demin, F. M. Lysov. Sculptors: M. S. Aleshenko, V. E. Matrosov, L. Maistrenko. M., Melnik A.N., Marunov V.A., Novikov N.S., Tyurenkov A.A. Head of the engineering group Nikitin N.V.
The main military consultant of the project was Marshal V.I. Chuikov, commander of the army that defended Mamayev Kurgan.
The total area of the architectural and sculptural complex on Mamayev Kurgan is 26 hectares.
The symbolic ruins of Stalingrad, the Square of “Those Who Stood to the Death”, the Square of Heroes, the Hall of Military Glory, the Square of Sorrow and other sculptural objects have enormous power emotional impact. Along the serpentine leading to the top of the hill, the remains of 34 thousand 505 soldiers - the defenders of Stalingrad - were reburied.
The logical center of the memorial is the sculpture “Motherland”. The work of the sculptor Vuchetich and engineer Nikitin represents a multi-meter figure of a woman quickly stepping forward with a raised sword. The statue is an allegorical image of the Motherland, calling its sons to fight the enemy. The total height of the monument is 85 m. The height of the female figure is 52 m, the length of the arm is 20 m, the length of the sword is 33 m. The weight of the sculpture is 8 thousand tons, and the length of the sword is 14 tons.
In 2008, Mamayev Kurgan was included in the “7 Wonders of Russia”.
Monument-ensemble to the heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad. Volgograd. Mamayev Kurgan: Set of 10 postcards / Photo by A. Shagin. - M.: Soviet Russia, 1967. - 1st region. (10 separate l.).
Included:
Monument “Stand to the death!”
Heroes Square
Heroes Square
Monument of Sorrow and view of the main monument
Introductory composition
Main monument
General view of the “Wall-ruins”
Detail “Wall-ruins”
Monument "Sorrow"
Detail “Wall-ruins”
