- 1. Visit the Motherland Calls Statue: The Motherland Calls is a massive statue located at the top of Mamayev Kurgan.
- On January 26, 1943 Soviet forces captured the heights of Mamayev Kurgan in the city of Stalingrad from the Nazis ending 135 days of brutal fighting there.
- Military Memorial Cemetery of the Soviet soldiers fallen during the Battle of Stalingrad between 1942 and 1943 (west slope of Mamayev Kurgan).
- Mamayev Kurgan is now the communal grave of more than 35,000 civilians who died in the Battle of Stalingrad, and more than 15...
- When forces of the German 6th Army launched their attack against the city centre of Stalingrad on 13 September 1942, Mamayev Kurgan (appearing in...
- Mamayev Kurgan is a hill in Volgograd named after Mamaya, famous Tatar khan who was buried here (Kurgan is a resting place in Tatar).
- Along the alley leading up on Mamayev Kurgan one can see the slabs covering the remnants of 34 505 Soviet soldiers who defended Stalingrad.
- Mamayev Kurgan is now the communal grave of more than 35,000 civilians who died in the Battle of Stalingrad.
- The huge work by the Soviet sculptor A.V. Vuchetich - a concrete statue of the Motherland in Volgograd - appeared on the Mamayev Kurgan in 1967.