Stalingrad today (Volgograd)

[=38=Tatarenko]

Some photos from Stalingrad today ... just got back from the Volga/Don area

 

http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1250771

 

 

Edited November 18, 2013 by =38=Tatarenko

[=38=Tatarenko]

[=38=Tatarenko]

Grain Elevator, Stalingrad by Ian_Boys, on Flickr

Grain Elevator, Stalingrad by Ian_Boys, on Flickr

Grain Elevator, Stalingrad by Ian_Boys, on Flickr    

[=38=Tatarenko]

Div HQ of the 138 Red Banner Rifle Division which held Ludnikov's Island. This was not an island but was a small pocket of Soviet troops cut off from the rest of their army and with the Volga at their backs. There was no escape so they held in the face of the Germans.

[LuftManu]

really nice pics! Thanks for sharing with us! 

[=BKHZ=Furbs]

Cheers Ian, great pics, how long did you stay there?

[=38=Tatarenko]

2 weeks be sure

[Uufflakke]

Ian, I visited the site mentioned in the first post and browsed through your photo collection and have one question: Where are alle the citizens?

Wolgograd seems to be so desolated.

 

Or did you scare them away because you used the wrong deodorant? 

[YoYo]

 

And better than Dubai? (Al Arab x 2 ;- ))) )

 

Edited November 23, 2013 by YoYo

[SCG_Neun]

Thanks for the photos.....I have also been in the area, but did not get the time to tour things.  Maybe someday I can return.

[=38=Tatarenko]

Ian, I visited the site mentioned in the first post and browsed through your photo collection and have one question: Where are alle the citizens?

Wolgograd seems to be so desolated.

 

Or did you scare them away because you used the wrong deodorant? 

 

I found the city to be very empty, esp in the old Soviet areas that I was drawn to. So my photos show that. The station area was busy. But overall the place was really unnaturally empty, esp around Barrikady, Red October, Central Park and the waterfront. The main shopping areas were busier and McDonalds and the cinemas were packed.

[I/JG27_Zimmi]

Thx Ian

[=38=Tatarenko]

The Don River at Kalach

[=38=Tatarenko]

Su-2 Light Bomber

 

T-60 light Tank

 

Heroes Walk

[YoYo]

Today access . Waiting for the new map.... Test in FSX (Volgograd).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regards!

[Bando]

Nice pics. Both of you.

Thx

[TyphoonOneB]

Red Orchestra 2 and the real Grain Elevator

[Cybermat47]

Red Orchestra 2 and the real Grain Elevator

The Red Orchestra 2 devs did a good job!

[TyphoonOneB]

The Red Orchestra 2 devs did a good job!

 

Oh Yeah!

[=38=Tatarenko]

Except that during the war the building in the foreground didn't exist (built after 1973) and there was a three story wooden building. Can't beat on-site research

[YoYo]

Ehhh. Volgograd Today.

 

http://rt.com/news/volgograd-blast-victims-russia-937/

 

How many people must die from this kind of "people"? :/

 

RIP ['].

[Rama]

Ehhh. Volgograd Today.

 

http://rt.com/news/volgograd-blast-victims-russia-937/

 

There's allready a thread about this event in the free subject forum. Here.

Please comment the news in this thread

[MoUa]

My Grandpa's brother died there on the german side in 42 not sure exactly what his role was doing the war

[Freycinet]

Thanks so much for the photos Ian. Great shots and very informative. Only slight misgiving, photographically, is that I think your sepia colour tone is a bit excessive.

 

I myself visited the Ukraine a few years back. Maybe you will find my photo galleries interesting...

http://www.dalsgaard.eu/Pics/2008-08.Lviv/2008-08.Lviv.html

http://www.dalsgaard.eu/2008-08.Kiev/2008-08.Kiev01.html

[352nd_Wheels]

Nice pictures Frey.

 

 

Wheels

[=38=Tatarenko]

Hi Frey,

 

Yes I think I remember these from SimHQ a few years back? Anyway, nice shots.