I was there several times as a child and it wasn't until I was 14 that I understood this place. Their atmosphere was oppressive and so emotional. When I recognized the inscriptions on the wall I almost had to cry because from a distance they looked like golden plates, but upon closer inspection they were the names of fallen soldiers. Things didn't get any better from there because then I started to understand how much the people of this country paid to win the war. That's why I can never forget this place, a place full of sadness, full of pain and sacrifice. Eternal glory to the defenders of this City. I will not forgett you.
Вот по этому мы и деремся. И надеюсь ни кто из европейцев больше к нам не придет к нам с оружием, хотя сомнений все больше на этот счет. А если придут, то такова их судьба. После этого европейцев не будет, а у нас будут еще, такие великие и мрачные, места. Только вот европейцы их больше никогда не смогут их увидеть - мертвым не нужно видеть.
There was a lot of propaganda from both sides regarding body count. Needless to say, that the Russians suffered terribly especially in the beginning of Barbarossa. Whole Russian Armies were swallowed up in huge German encirclements. I remember that the Carter administration figured Russian losses to be 20million. However, 40 million was the consensus before that. Carter wanted to know how many losses the Russians would accept during a nuclear war. One reason he pushed for the neutron bomb. BTW, Carter was a complete fool economically for putting the US into a recession and his approach to foreign policy particularly for the rise of the Taliban and Al Qaida. Never should of escalated the war and our eventual involvement by supplying Stinger missiles to the Mujahideen.
Unbelievable, the gigantic struggle for the USSR,!! 27 million died, to save the rest of mankind, and of course the memorial is unbelievable, not for the millions who suffered and died young!! God Bless.
_"We have fought during 15 days for a single house ... with mortars, grenades, machine guns, and bayonets. Already by the third day 54 German corpses are strewn in the cellars, on the landings, and the staircases. The front is a corridor between burnt-out rooms; it is the thin ceiling between two floors. Help comes from neighboring houses by fire escapes and chimneys. There is a ceaseless struggle from noon to night. From story to story, faces black with sweat, we bombard each other with grenades in the middle of explosions, clouds of dust and smoke, heaps of mortar, floods of blood, fragments of furniture and human beings. Ask any soldier what half an hour of hand-to-hand struggle means in such a fight. And imagine Stalingrad; 80 days and 80 nights of hand-to-hand struggles. The street is no longer measured by meters but by corpses..."_ _"Stalingrad is no longer a town. By day it is an enormous cloud of burning, blinding smoke; it is a vast furnace lit by the reflection of the flames. And when night arrives, one of those scorching, howling, bleeding nights, the dogs plunge into the Volga and swim desperately to gain the other bank. The nights of Stalingrad are a terror for them. Animals flee this hell; the hardest stones can not bear it for long; only men endure."_ -Leutnant Weiner, 24th Panzer Division, killed at Stalingrad
By the early 1950s, American school children were being taught that the United States won the Second World War almost single-handedly. We were also taught that the Soviet Union joined the war against Japan only after the first atomic bombing, in an opportunistic bid to join in the spoils of war. It was many years before I learned that the defeat of Hitler was assured by the sacrifices of the Soviet people before any American soldier set foot on the continent of Europe. The Soviet Army attacked Japanese forces exactly on the schedule agreed upon at Yalta, and following a huge effort to transport the necessary forces from Europe to Asia. Soldiers from many nations fought and died to free the world from Axis domination, but the Red Army and the Soviet people deserve eternal respect from all of us.
and Russians like to make the same claim- that they won the war single-handedly. The nationalism of Putin's Russia completely distorts the historiography of WW2. The truth is that the Russians suffered at the hands of their own government and high command as well as from the Germans. The body count would have been much lessened if Stalin was the sort of leader that cared about casualties. He didn't- the suffering of the Russian people to him was a matter of extreme indifference.
@@Conn30Mtenor Still doesn’t change the fact that the soviets would have single handedly defeat theGermans and that they produced 93% of their own material. Lend lease didn’t even arrive in meaningful numbers till 1943. All those huge numbers like 100,000 boots and 600,000 trucks don’t make any sense when the soviet army on the eastern front was around 7 million men. Lend lease is just a excuse to rob soviets of their credit.
@@Conn30Mtenor Nobody glorifying Stalinism these days, not even his grandchildren! Stalin was wrong did not means the Russian defiance was wrong! I think your criticism was hyped and too mean! I don't know your nationality but if you are American,British or Canadians....etc. Your nation was lucky of being protected by the seas where the fascists couldn't landing on your soil but if your dear country suffered like Russia or China with very high casualties, you have nothing to smile about!
@@KillerofWestoids The Soviet victory was not guaranteed, not by a long shot. In truth, by the end of '42 the Russians were experiencing manpower shortages and your claim that lend-lease had no real effect is not supported by historians from the west nor Russia. You're dealing with "what ifs", counterfactual history doesn't count.
@@jagdpanther2224 there are a few of those running around. If you read what some Russian nationalists are saying, there is still a fringe cult of Stalin. Not a huge number, but they are still around.
I am woman from Slovakia in my early thirties and I want to express eternal gratitude to mostly young boys fighting in this battle, and subsequently to all who fought Nazism. I am so sorry, that so many of them lost their young lives and never could kiss their children. Such a loss for the humanity. And thank to all, who commented under this video with such beautiful messages.
Thank you for your kind words. Most young people from the former Warsaw Pact are so brainwashed by the western propaganda that they think of the people of the Soviet Union as heartless barbarians when in fact it’s because of those boys we live in a free society. My grandfather was one of those young boys who didn’t come home
@@pyatig I am so sorry, he couldn't be a father for his children. Missing parent is something that affects a family for generations. I could say from my grandma experience and from observing how my friend and my sister's boyfriend suffer as both sadly lost their mums as young adults (a cancer and a bus crash). Eternal gratitude to sacrifice of your grandfather and low bow from in front of suffering of your family.
The USSR, according to rough estimates, lost 27 million inhabitants and soldiers in the four years of the war. The Nazis were able to approach Moscow. The Red Army was able to repel the offensive of Guderian’s tank armada and then go on the offensive. Russian army. When they took the Reichstag, they hoisted a red flag over it.
Absolutely beautiful interior. The torch is amazing. I’m a veteran and have never seen any of our monuments this precious. Sugar Loaf hill in Okinawa is just a mound of dirt for example. I’ve read a dozen or so books about Stalingrad and this changing of the guard does honor to all the Russian fallen and those that fought there. I only wish our two countries would wipe out terrorism together and forget about geopolitics for awhile. I also wish I could go to Russia and see this in person. OooRah!
Sgt Slack I’m happy you enjoyed the video, visiting Stalingrad (Volgograd) was a memorable event in my life, being wanting to go back but ignore when I will be able to. Thank you for your service and your kind comment, and definitely agree with you 🙏
jetdude787 Thank you so much for sharing this video. It must of been one of the most memorable experiences of your life. It certainly was a moving experience for me just watching the vid. 🙏
Sgt Slack it really was! I must add that during that trip, on my last day in Volgograd, I went to see the Red October Steel Works after visiting the Tractor Factory, and while visiting, I started to take photos and security detained me and called the militia (police), the police arrived and they threw me in a cage in the back of their little suv and took me to jail. Got me about 7-8 hrs. of interrogations, they could not believe I was visiting Mamayev Kurgan Memorial every evening! Why? They asked. I’m into History! Once they cleared me they assigned me a couple of officers to escort me to my hotel (Intertourist) to get my luggage and then took me to the train station and put me on my train to Moscow. No regrets, it was part of the adventure. The police treated me decently. Thank you for your comments 🙏
jetdude787; WOW, I’m so glad you told me of your xtra adventure. I wish I could of been with you. I can’t imagine what wrongdoing they thought you were up to. Great story my friend! I just want to add that I read about the vicious fighting at the Tractor Factory, Pavlov’s House and the other hot spots you mentioned. I think the Tractor Factory were making T-34’s up to the end. Where are you from. I’m from crazy USA and love to study military history. Thank you again. -Slack
Sgt Slack Here, the good ole USA; lived in both coasts, LA and NYC... and yes, visited all those spots; the Pavlov House, or what is left of it, the memorials, all of the ones in the city, and the Tractor Factory where, yes, the workers would be working building the T-34 and fighting at the same time... The thing is the following, we westerners think that we can do anything freely as if we were home, and there are soooo many unwritten rules and laws and that is how I got arrested 😁
Sacred!! Here lie the sacred saviours of entire humanity who gave everything for us. The world shall ever bow in gratitude to these fathers and grandfathers of all humanity. Very Solemn Respect from India to our valiant Russian allies!
THE HONOURABLE AND BRAVE RUSSIANS WHO SAVED THE WORLD FROM FASCISM. A beautiful tribute to the millions of brave Russians who where killed their defending their Motherland. The music and religi like ceremony the slow leaving of the soldiers of the guard , and leaving 2 soldiers to remain , in tribute to the memory of their glorious departed soldiers from this realm of existence. Is what all generations need to see, when such great sacrifices take place like this. To also remain alert to the dangers of enemies wishing to do harm to their motherland , at anytime in this world always needing guards for such times. Let us all hope we will not see the likes of a war on this scale ever again. Greetings from England , and I salute the brave Russian unknown soldier, and his comrades in which there bravery , will never be forgotten by us who know real truths of history , in that Russia defeated Germany ,, before the D day landings in Normandy. Without the Russians standing firm and defeating the German NAZIs at that time. There would never have been a landing , as they would have faced a far greater, and powerful German Army, that the Russians had to deal with throughout the whole war . Their efforts, and struggle unsurpassed in the annals of human warfare to date. Thankfully the Russian culture survived these dangerous times , and while true memories of history last. Russia will remain a nation in gratitude, by those of us not Russian who know of their glorious history to date.
Fantastic! Very moving! My heart goes out to the ppl of Volgograd for all their suffering and sacrifice. What the leading soldier do entering the room and elevating his extended arm with the rifle under complete control must be very hard to achieve! Such dedication, I’m very moved
Totally agree with you! A really beautiful change of guard, perfectly performed, very manly, very very well done. I like the one done at the Tomb of the unknown also in the Kremlin
To the matyrs and heros of the Soviet Union, my heart, my tears and my silence goes to you, this is a divine place to honour your sacrifice! R.I.P. the unknown heros!!
The Battle of Stalingrad was for one man's ego. Hitler not only caused the death of a million Russians but nearly as many Germans! This service honors those Russians who sacrificed their tomorrows to stop him.
I’m not sure how long they stand on this guard before a change, but I do know how difficult it is to get your legs going after a period of just standing still on guard. Well done and very impressed.
Απο την Ελλάδα με απέραντο σεβασμό. Τ' Αντρειωμένου ο θάνατος, θάνατος δε λογιέται. From Greece with immense respect. As we say for our own Heroes "A Hero's death, cannot be seen as a death."
Respect and admiration from the United States of America for our valiant Russian allies in the war against the Hitlerites. Уважение и восхищение со стороны Соединенных Штатов Америки за наших доблестных русских союзников в войне против гитлеровцев.
@@420bengalfan Where did you get these numbers? Do you even know how parties work? If you live in a country with a certain ruling party that doesn't mean you automatically in this party. The things is far more complicated than you think kid
I travel a lot in what used to be the USSR, and love those memorials, even smaller villages in the middle of nowhere in Kyrgyzstan or Tajikistan have them…
There are pictures of Heroes of the Soviet Union who lost their lives in the Great Patriotic War, on individual memorials in the park in Alma Ata in Kazakhstan. I went there in 1985 and the Komsomal girls and boys were the honour guard. Very respectful and moving xx
As a veteran of another war I respect and admire the the honor Russia bestows upon its Patriotic Heroes, may they rest forever in eternal Peace and Glory.
For someone who studied WWII and especially the battle of Stalingrad the struggle for survival on both sides shows the endurance of suffering by man is far more than can be realized my father endured this kind of suffering in the frozen foxholes of Bastogne so he can relate to what the heroic Russian allies went through in Stalingrad as both armies went on to crush the facist krauts
Rest in peace all russian people and people from other post sovijet countries and german soldiers who died here. So many dead. Every teenager in the world should learn and reas about stalingrad. Where the nazis were defeated. This was the turning point in the war . You are all heroes and Will never be forgotten. ❤️ what we do in life echoes in eternity
@@jetdude787 Another victory day should be set at 30th September! The day was the last Japanese soldier gave up and surrendered the Red army in Manchuria! Remember the Soviet liberation of Manchuria under "Fascist Japanese" occupation of China in Aug/September 1945! A campaign that many has forgotten!
@@jetdude787 The holocaust wasn't just happened in Europe but also in Asia! The Japanese army has a secret organization known as unit731! The biological warfare unit which held their live experiment over POWs: Chinese,Koreans,Russians were among the victims! It was the Soviet army discovered that secret holocaust and exposed it to the world! Those members of Unit.731 were put in trail in the military court in USSR! While the key perpetrators escaped back to Japan and received amnesty from US. general MacArthur!
The Battle of Stalingrad is the most bloody battle in the history of all mankind. We must remember this, it was thanks to the USSR that we saved the world from fascism and steam enslavement. But as we can see, Europe has forgotten everything.
I met a guy who did such a duty, he told me that the guards are selected to the point that the leg lenght of each member of the detail has to match to travel the same exact distance on each step.
@@amadeusb4 it’s neither. I don’t see anything wrong with my literacy and I’m not trying to antagonise. I asked why more countries couldn’t have as much respect for their fallen as Russia and you responded with “this should remain unique in the world” so what your saying is that only Russia should have respect for their fallen soldiers. I’m not going argue because I have better things to do
Nonrev, I wanted to tell you that my father served under General Patton and was in the battle of the bulge among many others. His older brother also served in the army and was in North Africa, Italy and Germany. Their youngest brother ran away from home at age 14 and joined the US Navy and served in the Pacific fighting Japanese. My aunt, their sister flew American made planes to Britain before the Americans got involved. She joined the Canadian RAF due to my grandfather being from England.
Wow! A whole family of service men and women! Thanks to them all for their service 🙏 Was stationed in Guam years ago and dove wrecks in the waters around the island. I travel for history and WW II is definitely my fav subject. Thank you for your comment
Respect to all our fallen Russian allies all who gave thier lives in the freeing the world from Hitler's evil. The Russians people have always had my and my families respect and admiration. My grandfather offen spoke of his Russian drinking buddy who he met in Germany after the war . They stayed in contact till my grandfather passed in 01 and he always tought us to respect all who passed in war . Enemy and friend alike
As beautiful and solemn as it is, it doesn't do justice for the sacrifice those Russians gave to the world at Stalingrad in stopping a murderous mad man and his evil generals!!
You are right, nobody does or did WWII or I as the USSR, they are soo grandiose and beautiful that I travel recording them and photographing them. In here, my channel, have some trips to Kyrgyzstan and other ex USSR places and have some video clips of the memorials. When I did the Pamir Highway, found monuments in the smallest most insignificant little villages....
We should all honour the sacrifice of those who put themselves in peril on our behalf. We should place under close scrutiny those who send them into that peril, and hold them to account for every life lost, every family shattered. Too many times the flower of youth is cut down by the cynical machinations of those in power. We should never forget, and always question why. Peace and respect to all.
Anastas1786 That’s a good question... I would say solemnity, as you mentioned. I know they select the cadets or soldiers for this duty and train them hard, as well as the ones doing the same guard at the Kremlin and other posts, but I really ignore it...
Yeah they have slower tempo than usual russian marching. Don't forget they are actually atop of the tomb for 35 thousand defenders of Stalingrad. It's a very sacred place. Mamaev Kurgan tomb is not a place for some rush. Time seems frozen there...
Lots of people watch the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace, the heart of a country that has devastated the world. Few people at the change of guard at the place where lie those who began the reconquest of dignity in Europe by crushing the filthy fascist beast. Their sacrifice will never be forgotten. Glory to the heroic Red Army and to the Soviet people, victims of the greatest criminal enterprise in human history.
Whats even more interesting is, nobody makes fun of the russian guard. I never seen any tourists do stupid shit or made them laugh or anything. In England its quite normal. I think people have much more respect for the russian guard and some even maybe afraid.
In what way did England destroy the world? We used the Royal Navy and 40% of our gdp to end slavery. Many of our soldiers died to defeat germany in 2 world wars, also many civilans died too in the blitz. We shouldnt have bothered and left europe to rot!
I do however very much respect and thank the Rus sian people for their bravery and great sacrifice. They saved us all, as ww2 would not have been won without their sacrifice, God Bless those poor lads xx
Practice, my friend, makes perfect. They practice and I’m sure there were or are beatings for mistakes made. Long ago I was a cadet at the air force academy, and we marched and drilled, and when we dropped the gun, or made any mistake, we used to get a good doze of beatings 😁
@@BadBoy-bt6lb Maybe, but hazing in the military, I would say, at least in Russia probably they still do some. When I was in the air force academy back in the day, hazing was our daily bread, and we cadets would get some pretty hefty beatings 😁
@@jetdude787 I think there is bullying in the army, but not the same as before. Now in the army of the Russian Federation, these matters are strict. In this army unit, it definitely doesn’t exist, like in the Kremlin.)
@@BadBoy-bt6lb Definitely, not as before, I remember in my days, it was pure terror, hahaha, those beatings were something else, and I look back at those times without any regret, I think those beatings, the hazing, etc. helped to form me as the person I am. Cheers!
It is a choir version of German composer Robert Schumann's piece The Dreaming/Träumerei (1834). It was supposedly played on Russian radio, close after announcement of German capitulation. It internalised people's feelings of peace, relief and tragedy. Watch video Horowitz plays Träumerei in Moscow 1986, to see, how emotional people were hearing it.
Remembering the brave million Soviet citizens who died at Stalingrad. Tens of thousands of Axis soldiers: Germans, Romanians, Hungarians and Italians died there too in a senseless war they were sent to.
As an American I visited Volgograd in 1986 and this video brings back emotions of watching the guards march past me as pressed my back against the wall respectfully making sure I didnt get in their way.
Youth it’s on their side ... I remember doing similar things when I was 18, as a cadet in the air force academy, I’m 62 and no problems because of it 😊
@@quiahjohnson5871 Well, my friend, definitely, you may be right and the damage from those steps marching would take some toll on your body as you age, but on me, things didn’t go south with it ... but I’m one healthy son of a b🐈*#ch 😁
Siri allegedly says (I can't confirm that on my own, but find it very likely, as 18 y/o were recruited at the beginning of the war, when Soviet casualties were humongous) that 80% of the Soviet boys born in 1923 (18y/o in 1941) never celebrated their 22th birthday 😢
I was there several times as a child and it wasn't until I was 14 that I understood this place. Their atmosphere was oppressive and so emotional. When I recognized the inscriptions on the wall I almost had to cry because from a distance they looked like golden plates, but upon closer inspection they were the names of fallen soldiers. Things didn't get any better from there because then I started to understand how much the people of this country paid to win the war. That's why I can never forget this place, a place full of sadness, full of pain and sacrifice. Eternal glory to the defenders of this City. I will not forgett you.
I can’t even explain it‘s atmosphere. It’s like everyone of theme is resting there and you can only pray and thank them.
The sound in that monument is very eerie to me as if the fallen soldiers are talking to you in silence.
@@jordansoviet23 more then talking. Almost as if they can touch your soul
Вот по этому мы и деремся. И надеюсь ни кто из европейцев больше к нам не придет к нам с оружием, хотя сомнений все больше на этот счет. А если придут, то такова их судьба. После этого европейцев не будет, а у нас будут еще, такие великие и мрачные, места. Только вот европейцы их больше никогда не смогут их увидеть - мертвым не нужно видеть.
Honor at its peak. More solemn than a church.........
Dam ..... with respect......:(
Wow...just....wow...
A place of heroism!
Amazing drill, hypnotic. Respect to the fallen from a British Army veteran.
@Star Gazer Shame to see what's happening there now.
@@melbeasley9762 Shame to see what's happening Europe and America now.
@@mariolugt1915 Not to forget Russia and the Ukraine. Haven't the bankers stolen enough already?
Its almost too hard to fathom that 25 million+ Russians died in this war. Please always remember this unimaginable sacrifice.
It was 16 million not 25+
LT_LEFT_NUT 45 it was 27 million actually. 8 million military deaths and 19 million civilian casualties.
There was a lot of propaganda from both sides regarding body count. Needless to say, that the Russians suffered terribly especially in the beginning of Barbarossa. Whole Russian Armies were swallowed up in huge German encirclements. I remember that the Carter administration figured Russian losses to be 20million. However, 40 million was the consensus before that. Carter wanted to know how many losses the Russians would accept during a nuclear war. One reason he pushed for the neutron bomb. BTW, Carter was a complete fool economically for putting the US into a recession and his approach to foreign policy particularly for the rise of the Taliban and Al Qaida. Never should of escalated the war and our eventual involvement by supplying Stinger missiles to the Mujahideen.
We remember.Our children and grandchildren will remember this war.
Not just all Russians but citizens of Soviet Union, they can be many ethnics, some ethnics you never known their location in USSR!
Unbelievable, the gigantic struggle for the USSR,!! 27 million died, to save the rest of mankind, and of course the memorial is unbelievable, not for the millions who suffered and died young!! God Bless.
Eternal Glory to the Heroes of Stalingrad!
Amen to that.
The momorial of the bloodiest battle ever fought to this day.
Indeed, and the turning point.
_"We have fought during 15 days for a single house ... with mortars, grenades, machine guns, and bayonets. Already by the third day 54 German corpses are strewn in the cellars, on the landings, and the staircases. The front is a corridor between burnt-out rooms; it is the thin ceiling between two floors. Help comes from neighboring houses by fire escapes and chimneys. There is a ceaseless struggle from noon to night. From story to story, faces black with sweat, we bombard each other with grenades in the middle of explosions, clouds of dust and smoke, heaps of mortar, floods of blood, fragments of furniture and human beings. Ask any soldier what half an hour of hand-to-hand struggle means in such a fight. And imagine Stalingrad; 80 days and 80 nights of hand-to-hand struggles. The street is no longer measured by meters but by corpses..."_
_"Stalingrad is no longer a town. By day it is an enormous cloud of burning, blinding smoke; it is a vast furnace lit by the reflection of the flames. And when night arrives, one of those scorching, howling, bleeding nights, the dogs plunge into the Volga and swim desperately to gain the other bank. The nights of Stalingrad are a terror for them. Animals flee this hell; the hardest stones can not bear it for long; only men endure."_
-Leutnant Weiner, 24th Panzer Division, killed at Stalingrad
Wow that's amazing respect from China
By the early 1950s, American school children were being taught that the United States won the Second World War almost single-handedly. We were also taught that the Soviet Union joined the war against Japan only after the first atomic bombing, in an opportunistic bid to join in the spoils of war. It was many years before I learned that the defeat of Hitler was assured by the sacrifices of the Soviet people before any American soldier set foot on the continent of Europe. The Soviet Army attacked Japanese forces exactly on the schedule agreed upon at Yalta, and following a huge effort to transport the necessary forces from Europe to Asia. Soldiers from many nations fought and died to free the world from Axis domination, but the Red Army and the Soviet people deserve eternal respect from all of us.
and Russians like to make the same claim- that they won the war single-handedly. The nationalism of Putin's Russia completely distorts the historiography of WW2. The truth is that the Russians suffered at the hands of their own government and high command as well as from the Germans. The body count would have been much lessened if Stalin was the sort of leader that cared about casualties. He didn't- the suffering of the Russian people to him was a matter of extreme indifference.
@@Conn30Mtenor Still doesn’t change the fact that the soviets would have single handedly defeat theGermans and that they produced 93% of their own material. Lend lease didn’t even arrive in meaningful numbers till 1943. All those huge numbers like 100,000 boots and 600,000 trucks don’t make any sense when the soviet army on the eastern front was around 7 million men. Lend lease is just a excuse to rob soviets of their credit.
@@Conn30Mtenor Nobody glorifying Stalinism these days, not even his grandchildren! Stalin was wrong did not means the Russian defiance was wrong! I think your criticism was hyped and too mean!
I don't know your nationality but if you are American,British or Canadians....etc. Your nation was lucky of being protected by the seas where the fascists couldn't landing on your soil but if your dear country suffered like Russia or China with very high casualties, you have nothing to smile about!
@@KillerofWestoids The Soviet victory was not guaranteed, not by a long shot. In truth, by the end of '42 the Russians were experiencing manpower shortages and your claim that lend-lease had no real effect is not supported by historians from the west nor Russia. You're dealing with "what ifs", counterfactual history doesn't count.
@@jagdpanther2224 there are a few of those running around. If you read what some Russian nationalists are saying, there is still a fringe cult of Stalin. Not a huge number, but they are still around.
Respect for the heroes of Stalingrad from the Netherlands
I am woman from Slovakia in my early thirties and I want to express eternal gratitude to mostly young boys fighting in this battle, and subsequently to all who fought Nazism.
I am so sorry, that so many of them lost their young lives and never could kiss their children. Such a loss for the humanity.
And thank to all, who commented under this video with such beautiful messages.
Terrible times, that 1941-45 war was terrible, the subsequent generations cannot even begin to comprehend ...
Thank you soo much, Titina 🙏
Thank you for your kind words. Most young people from the former Warsaw Pact are so brainwashed by the western propaganda that they think of the people of the Soviet Union as heartless barbarians when in fact it’s because of those boys we live in a free society. My grandfather was one of those young boys who didn’t come home
@@pyatig I am so sorry, he couldn't be a father for his children. Missing parent is something that affects a family for generations. I could say from my grandma experience and from observing how my friend and my sister's boyfriend suffer as both sadly lost their mums as young adults (a cancer and a bus crash).
Eternal gratitude to sacrifice of your grandfather and low bow from in front of suffering of your family.
@@pyatig Agree about propaganda too. It is sad, how many people can't spot it
The USSR, according to rough estimates, lost 27 million inhabitants and soldiers in the four years of the war. The Nazis were able to approach Moscow. The Red Army was able to repel the offensive of Guderian’s tank armada and then go on the offensive. Russian army. When they took the Reichstag, they hoisted a red flag over it.
Absolutely beautiful interior. The torch is amazing. I’m a veteran and have never seen any of our monuments this precious. Sugar Loaf hill in Okinawa is just a mound of dirt for example. I’ve read a dozen or so books about Stalingrad and this changing of the guard does honor to all the Russian fallen and those that fought there. I only wish our two countries would wipe out terrorism together and forget about geopolitics for awhile. I also wish I could go to Russia and see this in person. OooRah!
Sgt Slack I’m happy you enjoyed the video, visiting Stalingrad (Volgograd) was a memorable event in my life, being wanting to go back but ignore when I will be able to.
Thank you for your service and your kind comment, and definitely agree with you 🙏
jetdude787 Thank you so much for sharing this video. It must of been one of the most memorable experiences of your life. It certainly was a moving experience for me just watching the vid. 🙏
Sgt Slack it really was! I must add that during that trip, on my last day in Volgograd, I went to see the Red October Steel Works after visiting the Tractor Factory, and while visiting, I started to take photos and security detained me and called the militia (police), the police arrived and they threw me in a cage in the back of their little suv and took me to jail. Got me about 7-8 hrs. of interrogations, they could not believe I was visiting Mamayev Kurgan Memorial every evening! Why? They asked. I’m into History!
Once they cleared me they assigned me a couple of officers to escort me to my hotel (Intertourist) to get my luggage and then took me to the train station and put me on my train to Moscow.
No regrets, it was part of the adventure. The police treated me decently.
Thank you for your comments 🙏
jetdude787; WOW, I’m so glad you told me of your xtra adventure. I wish I could of been with you. I can’t imagine what wrongdoing they thought you were up to. Great story my friend! I just want to add that I read about the vicious fighting at the Tractor Factory, Pavlov’s House and the other hot spots you mentioned. I think the Tractor Factory were making T-34’s up to the end.
Where are you from. I’m from crazy USA and love to study military history. Thank you again. -Slack
Sgt Slack Here, the good ole USA; lived in both coasts, LA and NYC... and yes, visited all those spots; the Pavlov House, or what is left of it, the memorials, all of the ones in the city, and the Tractor Factory where, yes, the workers would be working building the T-34 and fighting at the same time...
The thing is the following, we westerners think that we can do anything freely as if we were home, and there are soooo many unwritten rules and laws and that is how I got arrested 😁
Sacred!! Here lie the sacred saviours of entire humanity who gave everything for us. The world shall ever bow in gratitude to these fathers and grandfathers of all humanity.
Very Solemn Respect from India to our valiant Russian allies!
Моё уважение и к вашим ветеранам❤
THE HONOURABLE AND BRAVE RUSSIANS WHO SAVED THE WORLD FROM FASCISM.
A beautiful tribute to the millions of brave Russians who where killed their defending their Motherland. The music and religi like ceremony the slow leaving of the soldiers of the guard , and leaving 2 soldiers to remain , in tribute to the memory of their glorious departed soldiers from this realm of existence. Is what all generations need to see, when such great sacrifices take place like this.
To also remain alert to the dangers of enemies wishing to do harm to their motherland , at anytime in this world always needing guards for such times. Let us all hope we will not see the likes of a war on this scale ever again.
Greetings from England , and I salute the brave Russian unknown soldier, and his comrades in which there bravery , will never be forgotten by us who know real truths of history , in that Russia defeated Germany ,, before the D day landings in Normandy.
Without the Russians standing firm and defeating the German NAZIs at that time. There would never have been a landing , as they would have faced a far greater, and powerful German Army, that the Russians had to deal with throughout the whole war .
Their efforts, and struggle unsurpassed in the annals of human warfare to date. Thankfully the Russian culture survived
these dangerous times , and while true memories of history last. Russia will remain a nation in gratitude, by those of us not Russian
who know of their glorious history to date.
Totally agree. Thank you 🙏
its very compelling to see the soldiers performing their tasks with utmost respect and discipline
ребята наши!!!!!!! Русские Солдаты
Russia’s Sacred Ground. Eternal Memory.
Fantastic! Very moving! My heart goes out to the ppl of Volgograd for all their suffering and sacrifice.
What the leading soldier do entering the room and elevating his extended arm with the rifle under complete control must be very hard to achieve! Such dedication, I’m very moved
It’s amazing, the cadence and it is moving as you say, thinking of what they are honoring there
@@jetdude787 We feel loss and pain.This war took almost 30 million Russian lives But we won it.We will win this war too;,)
@@BadBoy-bt6lb не сравнивайте. Это глупо.
Respect and love from Greece!
This had me transfixed. The most beautiful change of guard.
The uniform is impeccable, the guards are handsome..and the atmosphere is so surreal.
Totally agree with you! A really beautiful change of guard, perfectly performed, very manly, very very well done. I like the one done at the Tomb of the unknown also in the Kremlin
@@jetdude787 Do you have a link? I would like to see it.
@@dimonddust4318 I posted that some time ago and it is really bad quality video, let me see and i look for it and send you the link…
@@dimonddust4318 here
ua-cam.com/video/v35-9agyB3M/v-deo.html
@@jetdude787 Thanks.
The Russians NEVER forget.
To the matyrs and heros of the Soviet Union, my heart, my tears and my silence goes to you, this is a divine place to honour your sacrifice! R.I.P. the unknown heros!!
Change your nickname, your tears sound fake.
did the soviets build a memorial to the 20 plus million they killed in the name of collectivism?
@@420bengalfan was that necessary?
@@jagdpanther2224 yes it was the soviets are worse than the nazis and you praise them you piece of shit
you praise and salute war criminals who executed tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of civilians you are the piece of shit
The Battle of Stalingrad was for one man's ego. Hitler not only caused the death of a million Russians but nearly as many Germans! This service honors those Russians who sacrificed their tomorrows to stop him.
Totally agree with you.
Thank you 🙏
I’m not sure how long they stand on this guard before a change, but I do know how difficult it is to get your legs going after a period of just standing still on guard. Well done and very impressed.
They change guards every hour and they can move around, in their post
Απο την Ελλάδα με απέραντο σεβασμό.
Τ' Αντρειωμένου ο θάνατος, θάνατος δε λογιέται.
From Greece with immense respect.
As we say for our own Heroes
"A Hero's death, cannot be seen as a death."
Respect and admiration from the United States of America for our valiant Russian allies in the war against the Hitlerites. Уважение и восхищение со стороны Соединенных Штатов Америки за наших доблестных русских союзников в войне против гитлеровцев.
Soviet allies
the allies the soviets killed far more people than the hitlerites you respect killing 20 plus million by starvation alone in the name of collectivism?
@@420bengalfan Nazi lover?
all i see is a good start for dead communists
@@420bengalfan Where did you get these numbers? Do you even know how parties work? If you live in a country with a certain ruling party that doesn't mean you automatically in this party. The things is far more complicated than you think kid
wow, beautiful change of guard! wow!
Epic battle...lost generations of Russians and Germans...real warriors...RIP...
In this construction, heroic deeds of war and work were united. We will defend / rebuild you dear Stalingrad!"
The world owe Russian people far more gratitude and respect for their sacrifice. May God bless them with peace and prosperity
Absolutely, breath-taking !! Very solemn !! More grandiose performance than the one in Kremlin.
I like them both but you are right, this one, going around the spiral ramp, the cadence, the march... yes, very grandiose...
Wow respect to the guys buried here.
Thanks for sharing this товарищи
And in a gesture of extraordinary graciousness and forgiveness- the music is by the German composer- Robert Schumann (who loved russia,by the way) ._
The memorial is just fine without the Mickey mouse nonsense,it's out of keeping with the whole spirit of the thing.
Much respect from America.... I would love to see Russia especially sites like this..
I travel a lot in what used to be the USSR, and love those memorials, even smaller villages in the middle of nowhere in Kyrgyzstan or Tajikistan have them…
There are pictures of Heroes of the Soviet Union who lost their lives in the Great Patriotic War, on individual memorials in the park in Alma Ata in Kazakhstan. I went there in 1985 and the Komsomal girls and boys were the honour guard. Very respectful and moving xx
Memory Eternal, Memory Eternal, Memory Eternal!.
As a veteran of another war I respect and admire the the honor Russia bestows upon its Patriotic Heroes, may they rest forever in eternal Peace and Glory.
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I feel the same way…
vietnam ?
@@haroonmarikar Yes.USAF
@@haroonmarikar Yes,USAF.
Лучшая рота почётного караула в Мире!
I agree with you.
Я согласен с вами.
1:22 gave me the chills. Beautiful.
For someone who studied WWII and especially the battle of Stalingrad the struggle for survival on both sides shows the endurance of suffering by man is far more than can be realized my father endured this kind of suffering in the frozen foxholes of Bastogne so he can relate to what the heroic Russian allies went through in Stalingrad as both armies went on to crush the facist krauts
May God bless you and your father! With kind regards from Far-East of Russia.
The Russians understand their history, we do not. a pity.....
Indeed
Magnifica e commovente cerimonia Stalingrado memoria da non dimenticare siete un popolo fiero
Sono contento che sia piaciuta grazie
Grazie di cuore
Rest in peace all russian people and people from other post sovijet countries and german soldiers who died here. So many dead. Every teenager in the world should learn and reas about stalingrad. Where the nazis were defeated. This was the turning point in the war . You are all heroes and Will never be forgotten. ❤️ what we do in life echoes in eternity
Paralyzer Totally agree with you. Happy 9 May, Victory Day.
@@jetdude787 Another victory day should be set at 30th September!
The day was the last Japanese soldier gave up and surrendered the Red army in Manchuria! Remember the Soviet liberation of Manchuria under "Fascist Japanese" occupation of China in Aug/September 1945! A campaign that many has forgotten!
@@jagdpanther2224 Thank you for the reminder there, I read about that years ago and stayed lost in my memory. Definitely, yes.
@@jetdude787 The holocaust wasn't just happened in Europe but also in Asia! The Japanese army has a secret organization known as unit731! The biological warfare unit which held their live experiment over POWs: Chinese,Koreans,Russians were among the victims! It was the Soviet army discovered that secret holocaust and exposed it to the world! Those members of Unit.731 were put in trail in the military court in USSR! While the key perpetrators escaped back to Japan and received amnesty from US. general MacArthur!
The Battle of Stalingrad is the most bloody battle in the history of all mankind. We must remember this, it was thanks to the USSR that we saved the world from fascism and steam enslavement. But as we can see, Europe has forgotten everything.
Indeed, pretty sad…
Respect from china. Long live russia-china friendship！ 中国俄罗斯友谊万岁！
I met a guy who did such a duty, he told me that the guards are selected to the point that the leg lenght of each member of the detail has to match to travel the same exact distance on each step.
So much respect... Why can’t every country have this much respect for its dead? ❤️🇷🇺
No other country has this many war dead and no other place has witnessed this much death. So this should remain unique in the world.
@@amadeusb4 so you think dead soldiers from every other country should just be forgotten??? That’s basically what your saying by the sounds of it
@@mrslavinator1057 So you are either trying to antagonize or have a problem with English literacy. Both problems are yours to solve.
@@amadeusb4 it’s neither. I don’t see anything wrong with my literacy and I’m not trying to antagonise. I asked why more countries couldn’t have as much respect for their fallen as Russia and you responded with “this should remain unique in the world” so what your saying is that only Russia should have respect for their fallen soldiers. I’m not going argue because I have better things to do
@@amadeusb4 Utter nonsense.
amazing !!!! thanks for sharing this...just amazing !! Respect to the fallen heroes of stalingrad
Nonrev, I wanted to tell you that my father served under General Patton and was in the battle of the bulge among many others. His older brother also served in the army and was in North Africa, Italy and Germany. Their youngest brother ran away from home at age 14 and joined the US Navy and served in the Pacific fighting Japanese. My aunt, their sister flew American made planes to Britain before the Americans got involved. She joined the Canadian RAF due to my grandfather being from England.
Wow! A whole family of service men and women! Thanks to them all for their service 🙏
Was stationed in Guam years ago and dove wrecks in the waters around the island. I travel for history and WW II is definitely my fav subject.
Thank you for your comment
Those soldier are giants
They are actually tall, but not that tall. They are chosen, I heard, and trained for those duties.
@@jetdude787 hater
Oh wow this was beautiful!
Thank you.
I liked it also very much
God Bless the 27 million who perished.
Including the nazis?
@@Manuqtix.Manuqtix 27 million casualties for the Soviet Union.
@@Manuqtix.Manuqtix Not every german was nazi.
@@kratosthegodofwar2593 Nazis can be any European nationality! Many SS members were non Germans!
Awesome video, thanks for sharing.
You are welcome 🙏
Thanks for this impressive video!
Аллахху Акбарррр Аллахху Акбарррр Воины, спите спокойно.
Respect to all our fallen Russian allies all who gave thier lives in the freeing the world from Hitler's evil. The Russians people have always had my and my families respect and admiration. My grandfather offen spoke of his Russian drinking buddy who he met in Germany after the war . They stayed in contact till my grandfather passed in 01 and he always tought us to respect all who passed in war . Enemy and friend alike
I agree with you 🙏
Beautiful.Thanks for sharing
@@Martina-Kosicanka Thank you for your comment
@@jetdude787 Thank you and your viewers here. That level of compassion cheered me up.
As beautiful and solemn as it is, it doesn't do justice for the sacrifice those Russians gave to the world at Stalingrad in stopping a murderous mad man and his evil generals!!
I agree with you.
WTF?! Doesn't do justice? BS!
absolutely moving
That's some beautiful honor walk
Indeed 👍
a beautiful orchestrated ceremony
Indeed 👍
Respect.
Very nice. Love the video ❤
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british war memorials are so small it`s easy to forget what they really represent.
You are right, nobody does or did WWII or I as the USSR, they are soo grandiose and beautiful that I travel recording them and photographing them.
In here, my channel, have some trips to Kyrgyzstan and other ex USSR places and have some video clips of the memorials. When I did the Pamir Highway, found monuments in the smallest most insignificant little villages....
So Smart LOVE the Russians!.
Наши парни 🔥🔥🔥💜💜💜
Wow! How often is this done?
Fedproman Every hour
This structure is amazing. Glory to all who died fighting fascism and naz!sm all over the world.
still one off the best.
Yes, indeed
Bravo
Admirable and enduring. We love Russia xx
We should all honour the sacrifice of those who put themselves in peril on our behalf. We should place under close scrutiny those who send them into that peril, and hold them to account for every life lost, every family shattered. Too many times the flower of youth is cut down by the cynical machinations of those in power. We should never forget, and always question why. Peace and respect to all.
Magnificent!!
Respect
🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺RUSSIA 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺
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@ у вас свастика в имени канала
Is there any symbolic significance to the slow march to, from, and around the chamber, or is it just a matter of solemnity?
Anastas1786 That’s a good question... I would say solemnity, as you mentioned.
I know they select the cadets or soldiers for this duty and train them hard, as well as the ones doing the same guard at the Kremlin and other posts, but I really ignore it...
Anastas1786 ... I have tried to find any info, unsuccessfully but found an interesting article:
facingstalingrad.com/stalingrad-memorials/
Strange question. Of course, the slow marching is a fitting tribute and expression of reverence to the fallen!
Yeah they have slower tempo than usual russian marching. Don't forget they are actually atop of the tomb for 35 thousand defenders of Stalingrad. It's a very sacred place. Mamaev Kurgan tomb is not a place for some rush. Time seems frozen there...
Stalingrad had a population of around half a million before the battle (~500k).
After the battle it had a population of just over 1,500.
Salvadores del mundo libre, los verdaderos. Gracias, Rusia por tanto amor al género humano. Gloria a los mártires, nunca les olvidaremos.
Powerful.
👍👍👍
RIP.... German and Russian Soldiers
Gloria in aeternum! 🇦🇩♥️🇷🇺
♥️
Lots of people watch the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace, the heart of a country that has devastated the world. Few people at the change of guard at the place where lie those who began the reconquest of dignity in Europe by crushing the filthy fascist beast. Their sacrifice will never be forgotten. Glory to the heroic Red Army and to the Soviet people, victims of the greatest criminal enterprise in human history.
Agree with you 🙏
Whats even more interesting is, nobody makes fun of the russian guard.
I never seen any tourists do stupid shit or made them laugh or anything.
In England its quite normal.
I think people have much more respect for the russian guard and some even maybe afraid.
My two great-grandfathers participated in this battle.
In what way did England destroy the world? We used the Royal Navy and 40% of our gdp to end slavery. Many of our soldiers died to defeat germany in 2 world wars, also many civilans died too in the blitz. We shouldnt have bothered and left europe to rot!
I do however very much respect and thank the Rus sian people for their bravery and great sacrifice. They saved us all, as ww2 would not have been won without their sacrifice, God Bless those poor lads xx
How are they holding guns like that without ever drop their gun?
Practice, my friend, makes perfect. They practice and I’m sure there were or are beatings for mistakes made.
Long ago I was a cadet at the air force academy, and we marched and drilled, and when we dropped the gun, or made any mistake, we used to get a good doze of beatings 😁
@@jetdude787 In Russia, they don't beat you for it.)
@@BadBoy-bt6lb Maybe, but hazing in the military, I would say, at least in Russia probably they still do some.
When I was in the air force academy back in the day, hazing was our daily bread, and we cadets would get some pretty hefty beatings 😁
@@jetdude787 I think there is bullying in the army, but not the same as before. Now in the army of the Russian Federation, these matters are strict. In this army unit, it definitely doesn’t exist, like in the Kremlin.)
@@BadBoy-bt6lb Definitely, not as before, I remember in my days, it was pure terror, hahaha, those beatings were something else, and I look back at those times without any regret, I think those beatings, the hazing, etc. helped to form me as the person I am.
Cheers!
is the officer in green just on a visit or their commander ?
I believe is one of them, just in charge of the squad….
Visitor
Балдеж вообще
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Avanti, forza RUSSIA.!
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The music.What is the music in the background?
There’s a melancholic melody playing over and over in the inner sanctum, can’t say what its name is but is just playing there, as tribute.
It is a choir version of German composer Robert Schumann's piece The Dreaming/Träumerei (1834). It was supposedly played on Russian radio, close after announcement of German capitulation. It internalised people's feelings of peace, relief and tragedy.
Watch video Horowitz plays Träumerei in Moscow 1986, to see, how emotional people were hearing it.
Schumann's 'Träumerei'
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Incredible...pin drop silence
Respect! Amazing, isn’t ? … love those sites because of all this
Greetings and love from USA. Watching this brought me to tears.
Glory to the Soviet Union 🚩🚩🚩
La grande russe ❤
Remembering the brave million Soviet citizens who died at Stalingrad. Tens of thousands of Axis soldiers: Germans, Romanians, Hungarians and Italians died there too in a senseless war they were sent to.
So true 🙏
-1942😭
2022 😭
🇮🇶😃🇷🇺🌏
As an American I visited Volgograd in 1986 and this video brings back emotions of watching the guards march past me as pressed my back against the wall respectfully making sure I didnt get in their way.
That looks like hell on the legs. Cool looking, but that looks like it might bring pain in the future.
Youth it’s on their side ... I remember doing similar things when I was 18, as a cadet in the air force academy, I’m 62 and no problems because of it 😊
@@jetdude787 Huh Okay Thank you for clearing it up. I always thought it would be hell on the legs. Well anyways have a good one.
@@quiahjohnson5871 Well, my friend, definitely, you may be right and the damage from those steps marching would take some toll on your body as you age, but on me, things didn’t go south with it ... but I’m one healthy son of a b🐈*#ch 😁
Yeah the irony. Need I comment.
I hear you…. I hear you…
1924-1942 to yang to die. Only 18 years old.
I agree with you, and that is the reason why armies recruit 18 year olds to join their files...
@@jetdude787 I believe this brave soldier was volunteer as my grandfather.
@@jetdude787 Many added year or two to join army.
@@mer3abec also people younger joined. I know. My wife’s grandfathers from both sides fought with the Red Army
Siri allegedly says (I can't confirm that on my own, but find it very likely, as 18 y/o were recruited at the beginning of the war, when Soviet casualties were humongous) that 80% of the Soviet boys born in 1923 (18y/o in 1941) never celebrated their 22th birthday 😢