Mamayev Kurgan is a dominant height overlooking the city of Volgograd in Southern Russia. The name in Russian means "tumulus of Mamai". The formation is dominated by a memorial complex commemorating t
Mamayev Kurgan with The Motherland Calls
Memorial cemetery of Soviet soldiers
Picture taken from the top of Mamayev Kurgan (at the base of the statue), looking down over the Volga river
Vasily Grigoryevich Zaitsev was a Soviet sniper who served in World War II.
Zaitsev in Stalingrad, December 1942
Zaitsev's sniper rifle, a 7.62×54mmR Mosin Model 1891/30 sniper rifle with a PU 3.5× sniper scope on display at the Volgograd's Stalingrad Panorama Museum.
Zaitsev's grave at Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd