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- Schönholzer Heide Soviet Cemetery, Berlin, Germany
- Place de la Bataille de Stalingrad, Paris, France
- Perekop, Crimea, Ukraine
- T-34 Restoration Documentary
- “Glory” Memorial, Tiraspol, Transdniester
- “Sapun Ridge” Diorama Museum, Sevastopol, Ukraine
- Stalingrad Guidebook
- Franz Grinkevich Memorial, Donetsk, Ukraine
- Reenactors, St. Petersburg, Russia
- Liberation Monument, Chisinau, Moldova
- Malaya Zemlya Memorial Complex, Novorossiysk, Russia
- Museum of the Black Sea Fleet, Sevastopol, Ukraine
- Treptower Park Memorial Complex, Berlin, Germany
- “Stalingrad” Film Trailer
- Baltic Fleet Memorial, Kaliningrad, Russia
- Victory Square, Minsk, Belarus
- “Glory” Memorial, Vinnitsya, Ukraine
- Monument to the 1,200 Guardsmen, Kaliningrad, Russia
- Victory Day 2013
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Stalingrad Guidebook
My good friend Svetlana has written a great English-language guidebook that covers the Stalingrad battlefield and many other sites and activities in Volgograd and the surrounding region. The book has full coverage of all the main memorials and locations that … Continue reading
Reenactors, St. Petersburg, Russia
I happened to be passing through St. Petersburg on September 8, 2011, the 70th anniversary of the fall of Schlisselburg, which severed the last overland connection into Leningrad and began the 872-day siege. I spotted these reenactors on Nevskiy Prospekt. … Continue reading
Posted in Russia, St. Petersburg
Tagged Блокада Ленинграда, Город-герой, Ленинград, Россия, Санкт Петербург, Hero City, Leningrad, Re-enactors, Russia, Siege of Leningrad, St. Petersburg
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Malaya Zemlya Memorial Complex, Novorossiysk, Russia
In 2013/14, I completed an MA in Military History and Strategic Studies at Maynooth University. My thesis was on the campaign in the Kuban. The thesis can be found here. In early 1943, as the Battle of Stalingrad reached its … Continue reading
Posted in Novorossiysk, Russia
Tagged Black Sea, Город-герой, Новороссийск, Россия, Черное Море, Hero City, Novorossiysk, Russia
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Baltic Fleet Memorial, Kaliningrad, Russia
This monument commemorates the sailors of the Baltic Fleet who took part in the East Prussian Offensive during the Spring of 1945, during which Königsberg was captured. The memorial is centred on a “Komsomolets” class torpedo boat, mounted on a … Continue reading
Posted in Kaliningrad, Russia
Tagged Калининград, Кенигсберг, Памятный знак морякам-балтийцам, Россия, Kaliningrad, Königsberg, Russia
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Monument to the 1,200 Guardsmen, Kaliningrad, Russia
This monument was built to commemorate the 11th Guards Army, which took part in the battles in East Prussia in the closing months of the war, including the assault on Königsberg in April 1945. The memorial includes the graves of … Continue reading
Posted in Kaliningrad, Russia
Tagged Калининград, Кенигсберг, Памятник 1200 гвардейцам, Россия, Kaliningrad, Königsberg, Russia
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Victory Day 2013
In this post, I will include some coverage of the Victory Day celebrations. A full dress rehearsal for the Moscow parade took place of Tuesday, May 7. RIA Novosti posted this album of photographs. One of the more unusual stories … Continue reading
Posted in Moscow, Russia, St. Petersburg, Victory Day
Tagged День победы, Victory Day
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Bunker Museum, Kaliningrad, Russia
This museum is housed in the bunker from which General Otto Lasch commanded the defence of Königsberg and where he signed the order surrendering the city on April 9, 1945. The bunker was largely undamaged in the fighting, and the … Continue reading
Posted in Kaliningrad, Russia
Tagged Калининград, Кенигсберг, Музей Блиндаж, Россия, Kaliningrad, Königsberg, Museum, Russia
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Russian and German Cemeteries, Rossoshka, Volgograd Region, Russia
The village of Rossoshka (Россошка) is about 20 miles northwest of the centre of Volgograd, close to Gumrak International Airport. It was destroyed in heavy fighting in late August 1942, when the 87th Rifle Division of the Soviet 62nd Army … Continue reading
Heroes’ Square, Novorossiysk, Russia
In 2013/14, I completed an MA in Military History and Strategic Studies at Maynooth University. My thesis was on the campaign in the Kuban. The thesis can be found here. Heroes’ Square (Площадь Героев) is situated in the oldest part … Continue reading
Posted in Novorossiysk, Russia
Tagged Black Sea, Город-герой, Новороссийск, Площадь Героев, Россия, Черное Море, Hero City, Novorossiysk, Russia
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Meeting of the Fronts Memorial, Kalach-on-Don, Russia
This memorial commemorates the events of November 23, 1942, when the initial encirclement of German forces at Stalingrad was achieved. The Soviet counter-offensive, Operation Uranus, was launched on November 19, when the Southwest Front and Don Front attacked the 3rd … Continue reading
Posted in Kalach-on-Don, Russia
Tagged Волго-Донской судоходный канал, Волгоград, Калач-на-Дону, Россия, Сталинград, Kalach-on-Don, Memorial, Russia, Stalingrad, Volga-Don Canal, Volgograd
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