MAMAYEV KURGAN Vakholskiy Evgeniy Mamayev Kurgan 1

MAMAYEV KURGAN Vakholskiy Evgeniy. Mamayev Kurgan. 1

“Memory of Generations” • Multifigured sculpture at the beginning of memorial complex composition • Depicts people with flowers, wreaths and lowered flags procession in honor of Stalingrad defenders • Memorial stele of Hero-Cities Vakholskiy Evgeniy. Mamayev Kurgan. 2

Square “Fight up to the Last Ditch” • Symbolizes the most difficult stages of Stalingrad battle • Sculpture “Fight up to the last ditch” (16. 5 m high) situated in the central pool • As if from the great Russian river rises a soviet warrior and despising death protects his native city Vakholskiy Evgeniy. Mamayev Kurgan. 3

Walls-Ruins • Many of depicted episodes reproduce real faces, documents and calls • Sounds of music, voice of Yury Levitan and sounds of the battle supplements general impression Vakholskiy Evgeniy. Mamayev Kurgan. 4

Hall of Glory • Marble hand rises in the center of the Hall – hand of help of those who have died for the Homeland • On the walls of the Hall installed 34 granite plates with 7500 names of fallen in Stalingrad battle Vakholskiy Evgeniy. Mamayev Kurgan. 5

Square of Grief • The War brought immeasurable sorrow to soviet people – 20 millions of lost. The grieving mother on Mamayev Kurgan is a collective image of soviet women who have lost their sons and husbands Vakholskiy Evgeniy. Mamayev Kurgan. 6

The Motherland Calls • “The Motherland calls!” sculpture is the compositional center of all ensemble • The biggest sculpture statue in the world • Sculpture height is 52 m. , arm length – 20 m. , sword length – 29 m. Total height is 85 meters • Weight is 8000 tons Vakholskiy Evgeniy. Mamayev Kurgan. 7

MAMAYEV KURGAN Vakholskiy Evgeniy. Mamayev Kurgan. 8