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The Soviet War Memorial in Berlin's Treptower Park, designed by Yevgeny Vuchetich and Yakov Belopolsky. The Battle of Stalingrad was a major conflict between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front of World War II, fought over six months from July 1942 to February 1943. [4]
Google Maps is a web mapping platform and consumer application offered by Google. It offers satellite imagery, aerial photography, street maps, 360° interactive panoramic views of streets (Street View), real-time traffic conditions, and route planning for traveling by foot, car, bike, air (in beta) and public transportation.
Volgograd, [a] formerly Tsaritsyn [b] (1589–1925) and Stalingrad [c] (1925–1961), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Volgograd Oblast, Russia.The city lies on the western bank of the Volga, covering an area of 859.4 square kilometres (331.8 square miles), with a population of slightly over one million residents. [11]
Mamayev Kurgan (Russian: Мама́ев курга́н) is a dominant height overlooking the city of Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad) in Southern Russia. The name in Russian means "tumulus of Mamai". [1] The formation is dominated by a memorial complex commemorating the Battle of Stalingrad (August 1942 to February 1943).
Google's Street View Camera car (Opel Astra) in Geneva, Switzerland, in March 2009. Google Street View camera spotted in Thorpe (near Dovedale) Peak District. Google Street View car Opel Astra Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland Google Maps Camera Car on a narrow road in the wine region of Langhe, Italy [1]
The counties of Ireland (Irish: Contaetha na hÉireann) are historic administrative divisions of the island.They began as Norman structures, and as the powers exercised by the Cambro-Norman barons and the Old English nobility waned over time, new offices of political control came to be established at a county level.
Kotluban (Russian: Котлубань) is a rural locality (a settlement) and the administrative center of Kotlubanskoye Rural Settlement, Gorodishchensky District, Volgograd Oblast, Russia. The population was 2,103 as of 2010. [2] There are 40 streets. [3]
It was founded as a settlement around the Surovikino railway station, which opened in 1900. [citation needed] It was granted town status in 1966.[citation needed]On August 23, 2024, Islamic State militants detained at a penal colony in the town seized control of the prison where they were being held, killing four guards and taking others hostage before being shot by responding FSB forces.