The Chairman of the State
Duma Vyacheslav Volodin
Vyacheslav Victorovich
The Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the eighth convocation. Elected in single mandate constituency № 163 (Saratov constituency - Saratov Oblast)
and members of the State Duma paid tribute to the defenders of Stalingrad. During the ceremony on Mamayev Kurgan, one of the main
memorials to the defenders who died during the Great Patriotic War, the delegation laid flowers and a wreath at the Eternal Flame as a sign of respect and honor to the soldiers and officers of the Red Army.
The memory of the fallen Red Army soldiers who fought the fascists was also honored by the parliamentary delegations of the CIS member states, friendly countries of Asia, Europe and Latin America that came to the International Forum.
Vyacheslav Volodin also paid tribute to the memory of Marshal of the Soviet Union Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov by laying flowers on his grave. According to his will, the twice Hero of the Soviet Union was buried on Mamayev Kurgan, next to his soldiers who died in the Battle of Stalingrad.
The multimedia installation “Light of the Great Victory” was shown on Mamayev Kurgan. The Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin, members of the State Duma and members of foreign parliamentary delegations who came to the Forum could enjoy the show.
The installation dedicated
to the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War tells about
the feat of the multinational Soviet people who defeated the fascists, and the contribution of the Soviet republics to the Victory.
The main events of the International Forum “Great Heritage — Common Future” will be held tomorrow, on April 29.
During the days of war, Mamayev Kurgan was the site of the heaviest and bloodiest battles. It was a key position in the defense of the city. Crossings, industrial facilities, the railway station, the river port, the Volga and territories behind Volga, where reserves, military and hospitals of the Soviet troops were located at that time could be easily seen from there. More than 36 units and formations of the Red Army took part in the battles at Height 102, as this place was called then.
34,505 soldiers — defenders of Stalingrad are buried in the mass grave at Mamayev Kurgan. Along the road leading to the monument “The Motherland Calls” – the main symbol of the hero city – 37 granite slabs with the names of Heroes of the Soviet Union, participants in the Battle of Stalingrad have been installed there.
