Pamyatnik Mirnym Zhitelyam Stalingrada

Foreshadowing.

At 16 hours 18 minutes Moscow time, on the orders of the Hitler command of the forces of the 4th Air Force of the Luftwaffe, a massive bombardment of the city began. The bombing of residential areas and industrial enterprises continued for another week. Stalingrad became a front-line. The city was turned into ruins, over 40 thousand civilians were killed and more than 50 thousand people were injured. This tragic event is dedicated to the monument to civilians of Stalingrad, which was opened on May 9, 1995, on the anniversary of the 60th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. The authors of the monument are honored architects of Russia - Valentin Petrovich Kalinichenko and sculptor Nadezhda Pavlovskaya. The monument is made in the form of a bomb, in the upper part of which an exploding shell, and in the bottom - civilians, women, old people, children. On the pedestal is inscribed: "The civilian population who died in the days of the Battle of Stalingrad." This object is subject to state protection, as a monument of regional importance and is a symbol of grief and memory of the dead civilians of Stalingrad.

The monument is interesting. But it was probably not restored for several decades - it looks slightly abandoned. At the moment, it is a passing place. Nearby there are several different cafes, and next to the monument itself there are benches and a square - you can relax.

It seems to me that the whole city of Volgograd carries a memory of the events of the great Patriotic war. And this place is very well located at the junction of both pedestrian and motor roads. Nearby is not a bad cafe of Georgian cuisine scartvelo.

The author’s idea of ​​the sculpture of the composition is very impressive, combining the tail of the bomb and the carved images of women, children who, being completely defenseless in the face of carpet bombing, saved the children, the elderly. The cruelty of war is losing a human face. Civilians protected him from the enemy along with the soldiers. Everlasting memory.