Bombed-out Building after the Battle of Stalingrad.
20th c Russian Soviet Architecture
RUSSIAN Anonymous
(active before 1000 - present)
Primary
c. 1943
20th c
Stone
Soviet
Bombed building
Volgograd. Russia.
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This bombed-out building was left as a commemoration of the heroic Russian defence against the unsuccessful German attack on Stalingrad (now Volgograd). The seige lasted from the summer of 1942 to February 2, 1943. Axis casualties are believed to have been over 800,00, with Russian loses over a million soldiers in addition to many civilian casualties.
Caption:
Cohen Kathleen | Bombed-out Building after the Battle of Stalingrad. | c. 1943 | Russian | Soviet Modernist