The Stalingrad Battle Anniversary

The Battle of Stalingrad ended 79 years ago. The battle on the Volga lasted 200 days and nights. The Battle of Stalingrad is called one of the most important and largest battles of the Second World War and the Great Patriotic War that ended with the victory of the Red Army.

Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin wrote about the significance of the Battle of Stalingrad in Russian and world history in his telegram channel today. The parliamentarian emphasized that it was in Stalingrad that the fate of mankind was decided.

The battle that became a turning point in the Great Patriotic War was remembered today in Pridnestrovie. Indeed, among those who fought and died for 200 days and nights on the Volga, there were also residents of Soviet Moldavia. The average life expectancy in Stalingrad all this time was only 15 minutes. The fighting was so fierce that any man thrown into the city hardly had a chance of surviving until the next day. There were battles for every house, for every entrance.

Chairman of the Committee on Education, Science, Culture, Public Associations, Sports, Information and Youth Policy Igor Buga recalled the battles for the four-story building overlooking the January 9 Square. He like generations of Soviet schoolchildren was told in history lessons that the Germans had attacked the building for 58 days. The house occupied a strategically advantageous position and gave its defenders a large line of sight 800 meters long in the western, northern and southern directions.