00:58Russia: Fireworks light up skies over Volgograd to mark 80th anniversary of Battle of Stalingrad
Celebratory salute was held in Volgograd on Thursday to mark the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Army's victory in the Battle of Stalingrad.
Footage features multicoloured fireworks exploding in the sky above the Mamayev Kurgan to the delighted shouts of the audience.
According to Volgograd region's Culture committee, large-scale pyrotechnic shows were also held over the city's central embankment, the Gergardt mill as well as the Battle of Stalingrad Museum-Panorama Complex.
The Battle of Stalingrad, the successful Soviet defence of the city, took place from July 17, 1942, to February 2, 1943. It is believed to be the most brutal and deadliest battle of the conflict.
Total Axis casualties (Germans, Romanians, Italians, and Hungarians) are believed to have been more than 800,000 dead, wounded, missing, or captured.
According to Russian military historians, 1,100,000 Red Army soldiers were killed, wounded, missing, or captured in the campaign to defend Stalingrad, while 40,000 civilians also lost their lives.
In 1945, Stalingrad was officially proclaimed a Hero City of the Soviet Union.
00:58Celebratory salute was held in Volgograd on Thursday to mark the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Army's victory in the Battle of Stalingrad.
Footage features multicoloured fireworks exploding in the sky above the Mamayev Kurgan to the delighted shouts of the audience.
According to Volgograd region's Culture committee, large-scale pyrotechnic shows were also held over the city's central embankment, the Gergardt mill as well as the Battle of Stalingrad Museum-Panorama Complex.
The Battle of Stalingrad, the successful Soviet defence of the city, took place from July 17, 1942, to February 2, 1943. It is believed to be the most brutal and deadliest battle of the conflict.
Total Axis casualties (Germans, Romanians, Italians, and Hungarians) are believed to have been more than 800,000 dead, wounded, missing, or captured.
According to Russian military historians, 1,100,000 Red Army soldiers were killed, wounded, missing, or captured in the campaign to defend Stalingrad, while 40,000 civilians also lost their lives.
In 1945, Stalingrad was officially proclaimed a Hero City of the Soviet Union.