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    Posted September 14, 2009 by
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    Volgograd, Russian Federation
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    Memorial complex

    By OlgaPNYC  |  Posted September 14, 2009  |  Volgograd, Russian Federation
     

    Russia...Volgograd/former Stalingrad, Mamayev Hill.

     

    Stalingrad battle, WWII ,1942/43

     

    The Hall is in memory to fallen Russian soldiers..

     

    In the middle of the hall there is a hand holding a torch of the Eternal Fire surrounded by the speakers, delivering the sounds of the mourning melody of “Dreams” by Schuman.

     

     

    43 mourning mosaic banners made out of the red basalt, they symbolize all the killed in Stalingrad Battle

     

    Memory Hall is guarded by the Honor Guards.

    video: http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-328987

     

     

    references:

    Hollywood film "Enemy at the gates"

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamayev_Kurgan

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