Rubén Ruiz Ibárruri was a Spanish military officer and Soviet commander of the 100th Machine Gun Company of an independent training battalion of the 35th guards rifle division of the 62nd army of the
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
Rubén Ruiz Ibárruri
…east of Stalingrad. He died from his wound on 4 September 1942. On 2 November 1948, his remains were re-buried in the Square of Fallen Heroes, on the Mamayev Kurgan. Hero of the Soviet Union (23 August, 1956, posthumously…
Mamayev Kurgan with The Motherland Calls
Eternal Flame
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