Professional guide, employee of the Tourist information center of Volgograd – Semyon Semenov held for us a small tour of Volgograd. Many thanks to him for detailed information about the history of Volgograd and its attractions! If you are in Volgograd, you can ask him for a tour of the city! I hasten to share with you information about this glorious city.
Volgograd is one of the largest cities in Southern Russia with a population of over one million people. The Hero city is considered to be the city of achievements. Among them – the victory in the battle of Stalingrad, the construction of Grand technical facilities-the Volga hydroelectric power station, the Volga-don canal, the achievements of the great Volgograd athletes-Elena Isinbayeva, Maxim Opalev, Tatiana Lebedeva, Elena Slesarenko. Volgograd is located on the West Bank in the lower reaches of the Volga river and is a major industrial, agricultural and tourist center that has preserved a rich cultural and historical heritage.
Volgograd is one of the most popular tourist cities in Russia. Every year more than 900 000 tourists from all over the world come to the region. The city has a well-developed tourist infrastructure.
Sights of Volgograd region are known all over the world. The visiting card of the hero city of Volgograd is the memorial complex “Heroes of the battle of Stalingrad” on Mamayev Kurgan . It is one of the main monuments of Russia dedicated to the great Patriotic war. The monument “Motherland” (on the lead image) is among the tallest statues in the world, and Mamayev Kurgan itself was included in the list of seven wonders of Russia. From the top of Mamayev Kurgan still offers the best panoramic view of the city and the new stadium “Volgograd-arena”.
Alive the memory of the battle of Stalingrad – mill Gerhardt. The mill building is part of the memorial complex of the Museum-panorama “battle of Stalingrad”. In 8 halls of the Museum there are more than 3500 exhibits dedicated to the battle of Stalingrad, and in the Central part of the building there is a panorama “Defeat of Nazi troops at Stalingrad” – the largest painting in Russia.
Favorite places for walking Volgograd residents and visitors – the Central embankment and Alley of Heroes, located in the heart of Volgograd. On the lower terrace of the promenade is the river port – one of the largest in Europe. The length of the building is almost equal to the length of red square in Moscow. From the river port in the warm season every hour depart pleasure boats on the Volga, which offers an impressive view of the Central part of the city, the bridge over the Volga, the new stadium “Volgograd-arena”. Especially vividly Volgograd looks in evening time!
Near the Central embankment there is an interactive Park – Museum “Russia – My history”. The exposition of the Museum presents the history of our country and region with the help of the most modern technical solutions. The exhibition halls offer visitors touch screens, video panels with three-dimensional historical reconstructions, lightboxes, audio guides and much more. Next to the Museum in 2017 there was a modern Park with ” dry ” fountains, children’s and sports grounds, flower beds and lawns, walking and Cycling paths, a kid’s railway.
One of the main attractions of the hero city is the Planetarium, which was presented to the hero city by the citizens of the GDR. The star house of Volgograd is considered one of the best in Russia – in its star hall you can see such incredible effects as the movement of the sky, the creation of the Northern and Southern hemispheres, the Aurora, the flights of comets and meteorites. The planetarium also has a giant telescope with 800x magnification and a large astronomical platform.
The bright cultural platform of Volgograd is the Museum of fine arts named after Mashkov. The Museum’s collection includes more than 10,000 master peaces of all kinds of fine arts, paintings of Russian and foreign masters. Special pride-a collection of paintings of our countryman Ilya Mashkov.
In Volgograd there are also unusual private museums – the largest Museum of weights and measures in Russia, the chocolate Museum, the Museum of architecture of Tsaritsyn, Stalingrad and Volgograd. One of the most interesting historical and ethnographic complexes of the region is the Museum-reserve “Old Sarepta”. On the territory of the complex you can get acquainted with the traditions of the colonists, listen to the ancient organ, taste hand-pressed mustard oil, walk through the dungeons of the Catherine era.
The unique underground tram – Metrotram is included in the list of the most interesting tram routes in the world.
Volgograd is a major cultural center. On the stage of the Central concert hall of the city are concerts of symphonic, organ, pop music. The Tsaritsyn Opera theatre will delight its visitors with performances by Russian and world Opera companies, which present classical and modern performances on the stage. A peculiar visiting card of Volgograd is a new experimental theater on the square of Fallen fighters. The theater attracts the attention of residents and guests of Volgograd as bright and impressive performances and exquisite architecture.
The region hosts Russian and International festivals, exhibitions, bright events, national holidays. The main holiday in the hero city of Volgograd is Victory Day. Every year in early may, veterans, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of defenders of the Motherland, foreign guests come to Volgograd from all over the world. On the main square of the city there is a military parade, field kitchens work in the streets, wartime songs sound and the festive atmosphere of Victory reigns.
In addition, every year the region hosts a Watermelon festival, a Cossack festival for adults and children “Golden shield-Cossack spas”, an art festival for artists from around the world ” Sorry, have you seen Losev?”, gastronomic holidays.
Volgograd railway station is one of the most beautiful architectural monuments of the Stalin era. The building is decorated with luxurious stucco, frescoes, bas-reliefs and sculptures. At present, the Volgograd railway station has undergone a large-scale renovation of the territory and infrastructure, thanks to which the main railway junction has become more comfortable and convenient for Volgograd residents and visitors.
The city offers accommodation options for every taste and budget – from 5* hotels to hostels. In Volgograd there are hotels of world famous hotel brands – Hilton Garden Inn, Hampton by Hilton, Park Inn by Radisson. Tourists can also stay in cozy atmospheric hotels – “Old Stalingrad”, hotel “Volgograd” category 5*, hotel “Volgograd-city”, famous for panoramic views of the city. In addition, it is in Volgograd is Scotch Hostel, recognized as the best hostel in the world according to the portal Booking.com.
All details can be found in the Tourist Information Center of the Volgograd region, located at Volgograd, Gagarin str., 12, as well as on the single tourist portal of the region http://welcomevolgograd.com/
