The Motherland Calls statue, picture by Andrey Kalmykov
Comrade Stalin
Barmaley Fountain

Barmaley Fountain


Famous Picture of a children's monument taken in Stalingrad during Battle of Stalingrad {Color by jt-Money}


Estimated Russians KIA at Stalingrad: 1.1 Million


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"The Motherland Calls"

“The Motherland Calls” is a towering statue that dominates the summit of Mamayev Kurgan, a hill that overlooks the city of Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad). The enormous artwork is the centerpiece of a wider memorial complex that commemorates the Battle of Stalingrad, one of the bloodiest battles in the history of warfare."


Atlas Obscura

"Stalin was inside everyone, like the hammer alongside the sickle in every mind."
- Andrei Solyovski (?) {via Joshua Rubenstein}
Stephen Kotkin presents Stalin at War lecture
Shug
Cold War Map
Spy vs Spy
Patrice Lumumba University
a picture of the American flag with its ribbons encircling the globe while Uncle Sam looks on pregnant with a bomb that says War
Vladimir Putin
Map of Russian Gulags
Push Trees! Red Eyed Pot Leaf with a fat spliff says 'Dasvidanya'