Kieran Turner's photos with the keyword: stalingrad

Mother Motherland

Mother Motherland

Kieran Turner
30 Aug 2009 105
As she is apparently fully titled. Although "The Motherland Calls" is another potential translation.
Sorry

Sorry

Kieran Turner
30 Aug 2009 85
There are some shots you have to try to take, y'know?
The Motherland Calls

The Motherland Calls

Kieran Turner
30 Aug 2009 99
As she is apparently fully titled. Although "Mother Motherland" is another potential translation.
Honour guard

Honour guard

Kieran Turner
30 Aug 2009 118
Constant, silent, and motionless.
Eternal flame

Eternal flame

Kieran Turner
30 Aug 2009 100
The memorial to the dead of Stalingrad is monumentally serene and moving. The walls are of broken glass and gilt tiles which flicker in the light of the eternal flame. Very quiet music, reminiscent of a crematorium plays all the time, and there are many very, very serious Russian soldiers on constant guard.
Roll

Roll

Kieran Turner
30 Aug 2009 84
Some of the names in the hall, and one of the (regimental?) badges on the ceiling above them. They surround the entire round hall.
Memorial

Memorial

Kieran Turner
30 Aug 2009 85
The memorial to the dead of Stalingrad is monumentally serene and moving. The walls are of broken glass and gilt tiles which flicker in the light of the eternal flame. Very quiet music, reminiscent of a crematorium plays all the time, and there are many very, very serious Russian soldiers on constant guard.
товарищи II

товарищи II

Kieran Turner
30 Aug 2009 119
("Comrades") Three of the four awesome Vagabonds of the Eastern World , as this Irish team was called, along with John who'd joined my team after losing his vehicle. These. Guys. Rock.
товарищи I

товарищи I

Kieran Turner
30 Aug 2009 101
Caught in the... act

Caught in the... act

Kieran Turner
30 Aug 2009 102
Trumpeted hooded figures

Trumpeted hooded figures

Kieran Turner
30 Aug 2009 106
Motherland

Motherland

Kieran Turner
30 Aug 2009 112
Everything about Stalingrad (now Volgograd) is pride. It's quite an amazing statement of defiance. Most imposing of all is the incredible, enormous statue of Motherland. She's cast from solid concrete, and I'm very grateful to have seen her, since she is held in place only by her own weight, and as a result of subsidence, is reported to be leaning by about six inches. A few more and it's feared she may topple.
Soldier and Mother Russia

Soldier and Mother Russia

Kieran Turner
30 Aug 2009 117
Everything about Stalingrad (now Volgograd) is pride. It's quite an amazing statement of defiance. Most imposing of all is the incredible, enormous statue of Motherland. She's cast from solid concrete, and I'm very grateful to have seen her, since she is held in place only by her own weight, and as a result of subsidence, is reported to be leaning by about six inches. A few more and it's feared she may topple.
The approach to the Motherland

The approach to the Motherland

Kieran Turner
30 Aug 2009 76
Everything about Stalingrad (now Volgograd) is pride. It's quite an amazing statement of defiance. Most imposing of all is the incredible, enormous statue of Motherland. She's cast from solid concrete, and I'm very grateful to have seen her, since she is held in place only by her own weight, and as a result of subsidence, is reported to be leaning by about six inches. A few more and it's feared she may topple.