[lbo-talk] Re: How close was it?

[Chris Doss]

This is a hell of a lot better than an IKEA as far as a testament to the 
durability of life and innocence goes. :) This sculpture in the center of 
Stalingrad somehow managed to survive through the entire battle: 
http://www.chez.com/barbarossa/his5.html

BTW if people don't already know, the largest WWII monument in the world, 
and the largest free-standing statue in the world, is Mother Homeland 
outside Stalingrad/Volgograd:

http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~museum/stalingrad.html
http://www.wayan.net/photos/rusbig/v-mom.jpg

This is Stalingrad's Wall of the Dead:

http://www.wayan.net/photos/rusbig/names.jpg

IMHO I think they should change Volgograd's name back, like the vets want.

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