city today is remembered not only here, but throughout the country, and at commemorative events maria alieva early in the morning, thousands of people came to mamaev kurgan to honor the memory of the soldiers who died in one of the bloodiest battles of world war ii, the battle of stalingrad, it lasted 200 days and nights on the banks of the volga and don ended exactly 80 years ago on february 2, 1943, became a turning point , a harbinger of the ussr victory over nazi germany and its allies from all over europe volgograd - this is also for the city is native to all of russia, since it was from here that a confident offensive to the west began. and victory turned out to be here the sixth army of friedrich paules, which adolf hitler considered invincible capitulated. and you the field marshal surrendered in such a way that a strong blow was dealt to the morale of the german military personnel, and this is the merit of millions of soviet people. here, in particular the battle of stalingrad, the names of markin george repeated the feat. uh, nikolai gastellov, sent at least a wrecked car to a clus