Russia
Volga Region
Volgograd Oblast

Mamayev Kurgan

Mamayev Kurgan is a dominant height overlooking the city of in . The name in Russian means "tumulus of Mamai". The formation is dominated by a memorial complex commemorating the Battle of Stalingrad.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include The Motherland Calls and Railway Station Mamayev Kurgan.

Work of art
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is a colossal neoclassicist and socialist realist war memorial sculpture on Mamayev Kurgan in , Russia. Designed primarily by sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich with assistance from architect Yakov Belopolsky, the concrete sculpture…

Railway stop
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is a railway stop.

Museum
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Volgograd and Krasnoslobodsk.

Photo: DJHooligan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a large city along the west bank of the Volga River in . It used to be known as Stalingrad, a name which the city is still known as on several war-related dates each year.

Town
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is a town in of , , located on the east bank of the Volga River across from , the administrative center of the oblast.

Village
is a rural locality in Krasnoslobodsk, , , Russia. The population was 542 as of 2010. is situated 8 km southeast of Mamayev Kurgan.

Mamayev Kurgan

Latitude
48.74242° or 48° 44′ 33″ north
Longitude
44.53694° or 44° 32′ 13″ east
Elevation
106 metres (348 feet)
Open location code
8HW6PGRP+XQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3201500614
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
7043858
Wiki­data ID
Q820002
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Mamayev Kurgan” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Մամաև կուրգան”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mamayev kurqan”
  • Basque: “Mamaiev Kurgan”
  • Belarusian: “Мамаевы курган”
  • Belarusian: “Мамаеў курган”
  • Bulgarian: “Мамаев курган”
  • Catalan: “Mamaiev Kourgan”
  • Catalan: “Mamàiev Kurgan”
  • Cebuano: “Mamayev Kurgan”
  • Chinese: “马马耶夫山岗”
  • Croatian: “Mamajev kurgan”
  • Czech: “Mamajova mohyla”
  • Danish: “Mamajev Kurgan”
  • Dutch: “Mamajev Koergan”
  • Dutch: “Mamajev-koergan”
  • Esperanto: “Kurgano de Mamaj”
  • Finnish: “Mamajevin kurgaani”
  • French: “Kourgane Mamaïev”
  • French: “Mamaïev Kourgan”
  • French: “Mamaïev Kurgan”
  • French: “Mamayev Kurgan”
  • Georgian: “მამაის ყორღანი”
  • German: “Mamai-Hügel”
  • German: “Mamaj-Hügel”
  • German: “Mamajew Kurgan”
  • German: “Mamajew-Hügel”
  • Greek: “Λόφος Μαμάγιεφ”
  • Hebrew: “גבעת מאמייב”
  • Hebrew: “גבעת ממייב”
  • Hindi: “माम्येव कुर्गेन”
  • Italian: “Mamaev Kurgan”
  • Italian: “Mamayen Kurgan”
  • Italian: “Mamayev Kurgan”
  • Japanese: “ママイの丘”
  • Japanese: “ママエフ・クルガン”
  • Kirghiz: “Мамай дөбөсү”
  • Latin: “Tumulus Mamai”
  • Lithuanian: “Mamajevo kurganas”
  • Macedonian: “Мамаев курган”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mamajev Kurgan”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mamajev Kurgan”
  • Norwegian: “Mamajev Kurgan”
  • Oriya: “ମାମାୟେଭ୍ କୁର୍ଗାନ”
  • Persian: “مامایف کورگان”
  • Polish: “Kurhan Mamaja”
  • Portuguese: “Mamayev Kurgan”
  • Romanian: “Curganul lui Mamai”
  • Romanian: “Curganul Mamaev”
  • Romanian: “Kurganul lui Mamai”
  • Romanian: “Kurganul Mamaev”
  • Russian: “Мамаев курган”
  • Russian: “Мамаев Курган”
  • Serbian: “Mamajev Kurgan”
  • Serbian: “Мамаев курган”
  • Serbian: “Мамајев Курган”
  • Slovak: “Mamajova mohyla”
  • Slovenian: “Mamajev kurgan”
  • Spanish: “Mamaev Kurgan”
  • Spanish: “Mamaiev Kourgan”
  • Spanish: “Mamayev Kurgan”
  • Spanish: “Mamayev Kurgán”
  • Spanish: “Mamáyev Kurgán”
  • Spanish: “Monumento a la Guerra”
  • Swedish: “Mamajev Kurgan”
  • Swedish: “Mamayev Kurgan”
  • Tatar: “Мамай курганы”
  • Turkish: “Mamayev Kurgan”
  • Turkish: “Mamayev Kurganı”
  • Ukrainian: “Мамаїв курган”

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Localities in the Area

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