Square of the Fallen Fighters

Square of the Fallen Fighters (in) is the central square of Volgograd. It has a T-shaped layout, distinctive in its planning and development. The architecture of the buildings on the square is designed based on a unified approach: a tall, three-story, deeply rusticated wall supports the crowning part of the buildings with a rhythmic series of pilasters of the Corinthian order, giving the square's ensemble a strict expressiveness and memorial character. A part of the square is occupied by a park surrounding the mass graves of the fallen heroes of Tsaritsyn and Stalingrad, transitioning into the Alley of Heroes. The architectural ensemble of Square of the Fallen Fighters, designed by architects V. N. Simbirtsev and E. I. Levitan, is a monument of architecture and urban planning of regional significance. Additionally, within the boundaries of the square is a monument of federal historical significance: "Memorial Site Where on January 31, 1943, the Troops of the Don Front under the Command of Colonel-General Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky Completed the Defeat of the Southern Group of Fascist German Troops Encircled in the Stalingrad Area and Raised the Red Banner of Victory". The majority of the individual buildings located on the square also hold the status of cultural heritage objects of the Russian Federation.

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