On the banks of the Volga River, scattered scars of a past battle – Famagusta Gazette

On the banks of the Volga River, scattered scars of a past battle – Famagusta Gazette

On the banks of the Volga River, scattered scars of a past battle: A gunboat pockmarked with bullet holes, a war-damaged red-brick building, and, atop a nearby hill, the towering figure of The Motherland Calls — sword aloft, gaze fixed in defiance. This is Volgograd, once known as Stalingrad, a city where history is never far away. Eighty-two years after the key battle during World War II, Volgograd still bears witness to the fierce clash betwee…