About the date Stalingrad battle started: Differences in specifying the start date of the Battle of Stalingrad may stem from using two different perspectives on the events of that time. In this context, both dates have their justifications: July 17, 1942: This date is associated with the beginning of the German summer offensive operation known as "Fall Blau." As part of this operation, German forces, including those heading towards Stalingrad, initiated their attacks. This stage of the operation can be considered a preliminary phase of the Battle of Stalingrad, even though the actual battle unfolded later. August 23, 1942: This date marks the onset of the direct assault on Stalingrad. On this day, German forces reached the suburbs of Stalingrad and commenced their advance on the city itself. This moment is typically regarded as the start of the Battle of Stalingrad as the city became the main point of contention. Therefore, discrepancies in the specified dates may depend on which stage of the events the source is focusing on. Some might consider the beginning of the battle from the outset of the offensive operation, while others fixate on the start of the conflict as the forces approached the city.

@Donaldperson7

3 ай бұрын

Since Cathrine The Great was German why isn’t Russia Germany?

@superfreiheit1

3 ай бұрын

Occupant

@dntakemesrs

3 ай бұрын

Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦

@Caesar_1415

3 ай бұрын

Amazing!!!

I am a retired US Soldier. I had the privilege to visit Volgograd as part of a delegation of the SACEUR (NATO Commander) in 2012. As a WW2 History buff it was very impressive to see this city. The military museum for the Battle of Stalingrad was one of the best museums I have ever seen. God Bless the Soldiers that fought and those that died for their country.

@user-pf7qt7ns6q

2 ай бұрын

Спасибо за добрые слова в адрес нашего великого города и нашего великого народа!

Interesting fact: The staircase which leads to the monuments has 199 steps. One for each day of the battle.

The wall with all the names of those who died is astonishing.

@gravyvcolouredhair1731

3 ай бұрын

I thought the same thing,

@bretthousman8317

2 ай бұрын

Trying to simply envision 1,000,000 people is impossible on its own. To think more than that died in one battle is even crazier.

@aaronwilkinson8963

2 ай бұрын

@@bretthousman8317 The Russians are that capable of sacrifice and the west dares provoke them right now today

@toke7560

27 күн бұрын

Was it worth all those lives. After seeing what Putin and his gangster cronies have done, are doing. maybe you all could be leading a better life now. Shame as your country looks amazing.

About fifteen years ago, I was working in a small machine shop in Michigan. We received a piece of steel bar stock from a supplier, and I was intrigues to see a sicker on it in Russian. I know a slight bit of Russian and was able to read "Red October Steel Works." I kept the sticker for a time in my tool box. Thank you for showing me the actual factory where it was made!

@Jesus_Christ_loves_you_alot

3 ай бұрын

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@shichilaofa

3 ай бұрын

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@shichilaofa

3 ай бұрын

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@shichilaofa

3 ай бұрын

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@mjfan653

3 ай бұрын

Satan loves you more! And Thor is willing to sign a prenup no questions asked, et f you want, in any case please devote a bunch of money to MY religion!

Being a german, I thank you very much for visiting and showing the memorials for the germans too👍

@elje0ett

3 ай бұрын

This man never disappoints, he shows it like it really is and not the Russian way.

@stalinstylez4034

3 ай бұрын

Also german, and I can say the same.. I love this guy and the videos ^^

@dhowe5180

3 ай бұрын

Let’s hope Putin doesn’t remove them given what a spiteful child he is

@user-yj4tk8xo4h

3 ай бұрын

@@dhowe5180 🤡

@Chaldon-hl6yk

3 ай бұрын

how about Romanians ?

I've seen so many documentaries about Stalingrad but I've never seen it in modern day. Mind blowing. Thank you.

the battle of Stalingrad was absolutely insane, probably one of the most important events in the past few hundred years. turning point in the war and just brutal beyond words.

@rejectsatanism4617

3 ай бұрын

The Germans had already lost before Stalingrad imo

@user-jh8ej1sw9q

3 ай бұрын

​@@rejectsatanism4617nope Stalingard war was pure ego from both sides Hitler was a fool to attack USSR

An interesting fact about the metro in Volgograd - the tram will enter the tunnel with right-hand running but will end up with left-hand traffic within the tunnel.

@ivantrainsLIVE

3 ай бұрын

Correct, because station platforms within the tunnel are centered but outside the tunnel they are on the right side of tracks. Back to ussr, there were no trams with doors on both sides of wagons. Doors were only on the right.

I'm currently in Ivanovo, and want to travel to Volgograd next! Great timing, thank you! 🙏

Thank you so much for making this video! I have read so much about Stalingrad and it is so great to see all the significant battle sites and war memorials. It is also great that you made this video in the depths of winter to coincide with the most fierce fighting of the battle. It really helped to get a sense of how the battle scape would have looked and how tough it would have been as a soldier.

I'm an American who is a descendant of the Wolgadeutsche (my family luckily left in the 30s) and I want to thank you for your time showing the German history of the area! It was all truly fascinating. I especially loved the Sarepta visit as I had no idea that it existed, however the Motherland Calls area was amazing and beautiful. Thank you for making such great videos, keep up the good work!

@illiapanchenko598

3 ай бұрын

One point on Motherland Calls monument I founded out when I got older: It was made of concrete in 1959. Concrete is good for something lying on the ground but not standing 85 meters tall. The unofficial conclusion on this was - the future generations (of a very-very "sincere" young communists) will have to deal with this. That single phrase summarizes the Soviet/Post-soviet way of thinking - future generations will have to deal with it. That was generation where Putin and most of post-Soviet "elite" born

Thank you for sharing this video. My mother in law is from Volgograd and I have been planning to visit the city for quite some time but these past recent years is quite hard to do it. Really looking forward to exploring the whole city with a bike. Greetings from Bulgaria.

Thanks Ivan! I am myself from Volgograd but live in America and haven't visited in years! It was good to see all the tourist attractions. I even learned a few new things.

I have always wanted to visit Stalingrad/Volgograd and especially all the war monuments and the way this world is going I probably will not get to, so I really want to thank you for the tour.

Did you just call soviet factories unattractive? I will have you know, good sir, that the reason I watch your videos is because I can't get enough of brutalist soviet architecture and the atmosphere it creates. :) From commie blocks, kruschovkas and brezhnevkas, to favotories and amazing soviet neighborhoods. That's what makes the former USSR so incredible. Here in Macedonia we have a lot of that type of atmosphere too and having grown up in Yugoslavia myself as well as having visited Moscow in 88 or so on several occasions as a kid, I find these types of areas comforting, nostalgic and beautiful. Just seeing all the babushkas and their stalls in that neighborhood at the beginning of the video took back to a different time man, so amazing. I myself live in commie blocks, albeit newer ones built in like 1980 or 82 and I love them so much

@TheFuelInjected

3 ай бұрын

You like bleak, oppressive architecture? I understand that taste is subjective, but Soviet Brutalism is the epitome of uninspiring architecture.

@ergo-pr0xy

3 ай бұрын

@@TheFuelInjected > I understand that taste is subjective > but Soviet Brutalism what is the point of your comment? or you're just trying to pretend smarter then you are?

@TheFuelInjected

3 ай бұрын

@ergo-pr0xy My point is that Soviet Brutalism wasn't designed to be tasteful architecture, it was literally designed to be oppressive and make its inhabitants feel insignificant. I also never claimed to be smart, but my diploma in architectural design does put this discussion well within my circle of competence.

@ergo-pr0xy

3 ай бұрын

@@TheFuelInjected nobody asked your point. You said right thing in your source comment - taste is subjective. You don't have any life-experience background to say another if he can or can't be inspired by something.

@TheFuelInjected

3 ай бұрын

@ergo-pr0xy Welcome to the internet, it's my God-given right to voice my opinion here. On the other hand, nobody asked for yours either, so what makes your opinion so worthy of being posted if mine isn't? Also making the claim that I don't have any life experience in this matter after I just stated that I did isn't a very appealing argument, especially for one willing to question others intelligence 😉

That was among the best videos i've ever seen. No gimmicks just as much of Volgograd as possible. You do an excellent tour i subscribed.

Thank you for your excellent, very informative video of Stalingrad/Volgograd. I know a lot about this period of Soviet history and it is very moving to see it depicted in your video. At times it made me cry, thinking of all the suffering of the city in that era and the heroic Red Army. And thank you for your wonderful English. It was a pleasure to hear you! Please make more videos, of other Russian cities. Warmest greetings to you from New York City

I really enjoy watching your travels. The Battle and Siege of Stalingrad was truly an epic thing. So many people died on both sides.

I’ve been obsessed with this battle for over 10 years and this is the first virtual tour I’ve seen of the city. Thank you

Vagabond, you make great videos and I love to see when a new one comes out. I really appreciate learning about the culture and history of the regions. The list of names at the war casualty cemetery was incredible. Thanks for another awesome watch!

Another really interesting video. Thanks for covering this city and providing a great tour of its key locations. Thanks for sharing!

Привет из Волгограда! Мы рады видеть всех иностранцев, так как именно Сталинград (Волгоград) во многом связывает народы Европы и Азии, которые были объедены в борьбе с общим злом!

Thank you for the ability to share these places! Wish you all the best.

Thank you for this great video. I like your new style of vlogs with all the historical background and I appreciate your effort of research with a thumbs up.

should have named video Volgograd - Stalingrad, most westerners only know old name, famous or infamous name from ww2 era. so nice to see how city is doing now, having such deep scars in country and people memory from old days, looks really nice and authentic. cheers from lithuania

Thank you from showing the city, historical places and the monuments. I like this kind of content as well as your travel throught the country. Keep going on!

Какой ты молодец! Большое дело сделал! Спасибо 🙏🏻

The statues of the kids dancing the khorovod around a crocodile, with the ruins burning in the background. One of the most indeleble images filmed during the battle.(the Barmaley fountain)

@joepeach997

3 ай бұрын

Thank You.

☝️😆😆 Привет из Волгограда! Как житель Волгограда могу сказать - видео совершенно не передаёт реалии города. И это не обида на что то, это реальность короткого видео . В реальности город абсолютно нормальный, есть красивые и интересные объекты, развлечения. Даже и зимой, это кстати единственные 10 дней когда был морозец и снег. Если сравнивать с Барселоной (при таком же стиле монтажа видео), Тулузой (тут даже и поинтересне), Анталией, то особой разницы и нет. Обычные города со своими фишками и местами стандартными промзонами и не новыми районами. Летом конечно поинтереснее. Автору желаю делать свое дело профессиональнее, раз уж занялся им. А так, ну на двоечку, как будто на электричке за 1.5 часа по промзонам проехал и типа контент

Thank you Ivan for an amazing tour of Volgograd. Incredible that the city has been rebuilt from the ruins of war.

Great work ! Thank you for this. All the best in the continuation of your channel.

Great work Vagabond, your videos are so fascinating. seeing all those names on the walls and cubes really hits home

Some of the greatest content on YT. Enjoy every video. Thank you friend.

Thank you for taking the effort and going through so much sad history. I really enjoyed your guidance and explanation. You can hear the strong wind at the cemetery,you must have suffered from the cold.

Fascinating. Thank you very much for bringing us these fascinate glimpses into the Rodina! Best Regards, Pyotr.

Amazing video. Thanks for your excellent work!!

Always very interesting would like more on local food shops restaurants etc Expat 🇬🇧 living in Colombia 🇨🇴 nice and warm here 👍

Hello Ivan, meny thanks for this great footage 👍 best wish for the new year 🍾🎉 take care

u make the best historical and overall interesting content i enjoy working out to. for many months now so i want to thank u for that

Thank you for this tour of Volgagrad. Very interesting 👌

Great share very informative, a real must for any military buff’s out there!

Great video man !! Keep up the work

Very nice. One thing that you didn't touch on though, was just how precarious the Soviet situation was...for longer than a month. The Soviets controlled just a sliver of the bank, which gave them just enough of an disembarkment area for troops crossing the Volga. One of the the memorials/monuments, is actually a very large black wall running about two hundred yards along the bank....only about 150 feet (not yards) from the river. This was put there to mark the end of of the bank area controlled by the Red Army. Beyond that wall, you were inside Stalingrad, right in the heat of the battle. It was really remarkable to see that, to get an appreciation for must how little area the Red Army actually held. You did show the relation of the preserved building to the river with that drone shot. That building was actually just beyond the bank held by the Red Army. What you didn't show, was that Pavlov's house was equally as close. It is directly across the road from that preserved building. So, you had fierce fighting in an apartment building literally less than 50 yards from the only sliver of land actually held by the Soviets. Nothing matched Stalingrad. Not Iwo Jima (Sorry, Americans) and certainly not Normandy. Not even the battle of Berlin...because although a larger battle, and just as fierce, there was no uncertainty involved. The outcome of that battle was inevitable. Not so with Stalingrad.

always a pleasure to see new places I had never been taught about before:)

Ivan! Always fascinating!

Excellent video! Well done. One of the highlights of my life was visiting there a must for any historian

One of the most important, symbolic, and inspiring cities in human history: residents today with an historical connection by blood must be very proud. Here's to the dead, civilian and military, a million strong, including the German men who were caught up in the mania by no choice of their own, condemned to death so far from loved ones, who committed no atrocity other than an assignment by the state. The image of Mother Russia summoning her sons and daughters to sacrifice is more poignant than any other statue on earth, even Lady Liberty. Great video.

@ftk2589

3 ай бұрын

Germans knew very well what they were doing.

Such a nice video again ❤, i wish i could join you on your travels 😢

Greetings from snowy Michigan! I just love your optimism and extensive knowledge of history everywhere you go but especially that you show places, people and things we would never see unless its through your lens. Russia is Extraordinary in every way. Many Thanks

Thank you for showing us around Volgograd. Here we can see that Volgograd is not such a boring city like many people would think and has some beautiful structures

@AlexanderTch

3 ай бұрын

Volgograd is big old city with rich history before Stalingrad. It was called Tsaritsyn and its history goes from medieval times. It's big regional capital on huge river Volga. So, lot's of fun and opportunities there. It's got more than million people living there. It's on 15s place in Russian Federation by population. For your info, Russia has 85 provinces of federation with capital in each.

As a person who loves history, and particularly WWII history, this video is great. It's neat to see a recent view of the place this famous battle took place. Your english is very good.

I'm listening to Stalin's biography on Audible right now and it is so nice to see some visual representations of what was constructed during that time, both pre and post war. I look forward to your videos. Keep up the great work.

Absolutely superb, thank you so much for this wonderful tour of the city of heroes. Respect from a Scotsman. 💙♥🙏🏻

I love your videos. Keep up the good work!

Beautiful. The snow makes the sculptures even more impressive.

Great video, thanks. Part 2 would be welcomed.

you ake absolutly great content keep it up!

Thank You Thank you so much beautiful video

Thank you for the wonderful and somber tour

Amazing and interesting vid! I applaud your strength to walk hours in the freezing cold to show us the city and its monuments. I'm a big WW2 buff/ amateur historian and always wanted to visit Volgograd, but I think I'll visit during the summer!

I thank you for your trips and the videos. I must admit I suffer when I see you travesías alone in Winter time, due to the cold weather and the snow. Greetings from Spain

In front main station i saw (rebuild) of famous monument of kids holding hands

Great video. Thank you from Switzerland.

Thank you for your good work!

Good one! Loved the history part.

Great video from start to finish Ivan!

Thank you for taking us along on your Adventures,they are very much appreciated as most People don’t really know what the day to day Life is like in the present day Russia . Be safe in your travels and stay healthy and look forward to your next adventure

Thanks, that was a very interesting presentation.

I would love to visit one day. So much history to see there!

Thanks for the video

Thank you brother! Be safe happy travels!

Fantastic video thank you

10:28 That gave me chills, the names of those killed in WWII - so many! 😞

Merci beaucoup pour le partage de votre très intéressante vidéo à propos des monuments et commentaires en mémoire de la bataille de Stalingrad ! ✌️

ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO

Thanks for the upload from chilly Volgograd, ex-Stalingrad a name which fits exact the monumental war memorials featured: you may have mentioned the Childrens Khorovod, its ruins still remind the worl the brutal fascist spree in Soviet lands, thanks to master Yevzerikhin; I presume a copy is pictured in front of the railway station in the final minutes of the shot👍

I always wanted to see the city in person, personally to me it doesn't matter if It's not popular for alot of people, Must be awesome to see most of the area in the city, nice video👍🏼

Great video. Thank you:)

great video, thanks.

Very good video, I’ve always wanted to visit there and explore the museums and history.

The story it has is incredible but it is sad that it looks like this, I live in Buenos Aires, Argentina and I expected it to look better than my city but instead it looks somewhat abandoned and deteriorated in general :(

Наконец добрался до моего родного города :)

Brilliant video. 👍

thank you for educating, great City with a amazing history...

Awesome information thank you

A well done video of a special city. A great and deservedly proud people. I found the Don-Volga canal to be most enlightening. As for the monuments and cemeteries one can tell much about a people by how they treat their fallen.

Thank you very much.

Wooo hooo a new video!

Always wondered what modern day Stalingrad looked like. Thanks for sharing.

I have saw many photos of this in black & white, nice to see them in color, thank you from Minnesota !

Спасибо 😊

Thank you for making and publishing this insightful video! Please go on reporting, and keeping the window open! I was especially moved by the conciliatory pictures of the Russo-German memorial cemetary. To the future of a united mankind!

Great video! I hope I can visit some day.

Cool stuff!! I’ve watched 2 episodes, it’s very informative. Much luv from Ky. USA.

Your channel is so underrated. But I know it will continue to grow! Thanks for all the hard work 🫡

Wonderful video❤❤❤

My heart goes out for all the countless men who never came home to their families. So many, so very many died. Your videos have never failed to educate and entertain me. I see your world better thru you than any other way I have tried. Thank You. And to all the arguing commenters, Arguing is fine, but to do in in a video where millions have died is reprehensive.

Thank you for this one. I was wondering when you might go here. I noticed there were 2 statues of the children playing around the alligator. These are very well known to us in the West. But I thought the one by the bombed building was the only one? Also, it was nice you went to the "Motherland" statue too. Thanks again.

Wow, this is exactly the type of video I had been looking for, since I was curious how the city looks like today and its vicinity. What is the maximum size of ships that the locks accommodate (example Naval Corvettes under 1500 tons, or Panamax. Aframax...). Thank you for sharing this video.