Mamayev Kurgan
PlaceWorld War II
Hill and Battle of Stalingrad memorial in Volgograd
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Mamayev Kurgan
- World War II
- Mountains
Mamayev Kurgan is a hill and memorial complex overlooking Volgograd, formerly called Stalingrad, in southern Russia. Its Russian name means “tumulus of Mamai”. The complex commemorates the Battle of Stalingrad, fought from July 1942 to February 1943, a Soviet victory over Axis forces on the Eastern Front during World War II. It is dominated by The Motherland Calls statue, which was the world’s largest free-standing sculpture when installed in 1967.
- Location
- Volgograd, Southern Russia
- Commemorates
- Battle of Stalingrad
- Dominant statue
- The Motherland Calls
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Mamayev Kurgan (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q820002
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- By Leo Medvedev/Лев Леонидович Медведев. CC-BY-SA-4.0 · File page on Wikimedia CommonsLeo Medvedev/Лев Леонидович Медведев, Leo Medvedev’s ArchiveModifications: Resized and converted to WebP
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