Volgograd (Stalingrad) during World War II and now (PHOTOS)

Volgograd (Stalingrad) during World War II and now (PHOTOS)
Emmanuil Evzerikhin/TASS; Leha-11 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Stalingrad, as the city was then called, survived one of the most terrible battles in human history. See how the city, completely destroyed, was restored and lives today.

Railway station

Volgograd (Stalingrad) during World War II and now (PHOTOS)
Emmanuil Evzerikhin/Sputnik
Volgograd (Stalingrad) during World War II and now (PHOTOS)
Kirill Braga/Sputnik

‘Barricades’ Plant

Volgograd (Stalingrad) during World War II and now (PHOTOS)
Yakov Ryumkin/Sputnik
Volgograd (Stalingrad) during World War II and now (PHOTOS)
Redboston (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Grain elevator

Volgograd (Stalingrad) during World War II and now (PHOTOS)
Keystone/Getty Images
Volgograd (Stalingrad) during World War II and now (PHOTOS)
Kirill Braga/Sputnik

‘Gerhardt’ Mill

Volgograd (Stalingrad) during World War II and now (PHOTOS)
Georgy Zelma/Sputnik
Volgograd (Stalingrad) during World War II and now (PHOTOS)
Legion Media

‘Children's Round Dance’ Fountain

Volgograd (Stalingrad) during World War II and now (PHOTOS)
Emmanuil Evzerikhin/Sputnik
Volgograd (Stalingrad) during World War II and now (PHOTOS)
Kirill Braga/Sputnik

Tractor Plant

Volgograd (Stalingrad) during World War II and now (PHOTOS)
Public Domain
Volgograd (Stalingrad) during World War II and now (PHOTOS)
AntiSR (CC BY-SA 4.0)

‘Fallen Fighters’ Square

Volgograd (Stalingrad) during World War II and now (PHOTOS)
Georgy Zelma/Sputnik
Volgograd (Stalingrad) during World War II and now (PHOTOS)
Kirill Braga/Sputnik

‘Red October’ Plant

Volgograd (Stalingrad) during World War II and now (PHOTOS)
Gleb Samsonov/Sputnik
Volgograd (Stalingrad) during World War II and now (PHOTOS)
Alexxx1979 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Central Department Store

Volgograd (Stalingrad) during World War II and now (PHOTOS)
Grigory Kapustyansky/Sputnik
Volgograd (Stalingrad) during World War II and now (PHOTOS)
xvodolazx (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Embankment

Volgograd (Stalingrad) during World War II and now (PHOTOS)
Viktor Temin/МАММ/МDF/russiainphoto.ru
Volgograd (Stalingrad) during World War II and now (PHOTOS)
Alexxx1979 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Mamayev Kurgan

Volgograd (Stalingrad) during World War II and now (PHOTOS)
Anatoly Arkhipov/Sputnik
Volgograd (Stalingrad) during World War II and now (PHOTOS)
Mike1979 Russia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

City Streets

Volgograd (Stalingrad) during World War II and now (PHOTOS)
Emmanuil Evzerikhin/Sputnik
Volgograd (Stalingrad) during World War II and now (PHOTOS)
Kirill Braga/Sputnik
Volgograd (Stalingrad) during World War II and now (PHOTOS)
Sergey Loskutov/Sputnik
Volgograd (Stalingrad) during World War II and now (PHOTOS)
Kirill Braga/Sputnik
Volgograd (Stalingrad) during World War II and now (PHOTOS)
Yuri Chernyshov/МАММ/МDF/russiainphoto.ru
Volgograd (Stalingrad) during World War II and now (PHOTOS)
Dmitry Rogulin/TASS
Volgograd (Stalingrad) during World War II and now (PHOTOS)
Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images
Volgograd (Stalingrad) during World War II and now (PHOTOS)
Sergey Bobylev/TASS
Volgograd (Stalingrad) during World War II and now (PHOTOS)
Keystone/Getty Images
Volgograd (Stalingrad) during World War II and now (PHOTOS)
Kirill Braga/Sputnik
Volgograd (Stalingrad) during World War II and now (PHOTOS)
Keystone-France/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
Volgograd (Stalingrad) during World War II and now (PHOTOS)
Kirill Braga/Sputnik

<