I flew to Volgograd from Moscow via Volga Airlines. You can also take the train, which is a fun ride. The photo here is one example of what my friend Geoff used to call the 'MiG on a Stick' (here,... more
Hithere is a van bus from Gumrak airport to the city, it is inexpensive and has a touch of the real Russia about it.I visited last year just for one day (silly... more
Buses runs frequently between the airport and the center. It takes 40 minutes to travel one way. The fare is 10 RUB (as of May 2010).The bus stop at the center... more
If you're brave, take the train to Volgograd. Don't be a namby-pamby and buy a coupe ticket- go for platzkart instead. For those unaccustomed to Russian trains,... more
What a fantastic trip this was. I drank homemade wine with a colleague and his family and his WWII veterin father at their dacha (country home), road along the Volga river with a new friend, and had a...
No trip to Volgograd could be complete without going to see 'Rodina Mat' otherwise known as 'Mamaev Kurgan', aka 'Zhenshina s mechom' (woman with a sword- stress on the -om)
If you hear Russians...
Volgograd, mostly know as former Stalingrad, is a large city in the South of Russian Federation. Now the population of the city is about 1'000'000 people. This is a very long city. Its length now is...
Volgograd is a huge city on the great Russian river Volga.
It was founded in 1589 as Tsaritsyn.
The name itself implies "czarin", thus the name would sound in English as "Czarina's City".
In...
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