Rossoshka and the Soldier Field

Two soldiers dying,
Battered and blind.
Enemies no more they've come to find.
Forgotten Mission.
Now brothers in death
They hold each other abreast to the final breath.

Two soldiers die,

Weary and blind.

They are no longer the enemies they were.

Mission forgotten.

Now they're brothers in death.

They hug each other until their last breath.

(Accept, "Stalingrad", 2012)

It is no coincidence that over the decades, some German rock and pop bands have returned to the theme of the Battle of Stalingrad in their work. It is Germany that most often refreshes the memory of the whole world for an event of world significance, but under the slogan “No to wars!” The musicians of the group Accept should visit Rossoshka and Soldier Field for inspiration on writing songs on anti-war themes. And not by chance.

Under the village of Rossoshka there is a unique territory - two memorial cemeteries, separated by a road - Soviet and German. In each of the cemeteries lie tens of thousands of soldiers who were identified during excavations in the postwar period. There is no place for battle here, only grave silence and sometimes sad winds. This silence itself is perceived as a cry of the soul "War is evil!" This is confirmed by a bell with a torn tongue in the Soviet cemetery and granite cubes in German. Walking through the territory can be endless... And remember the cost of peace. This tour will allow you to fully touch the unique atmosphere of sorrow and memory and explore all objects of Soviet and German memorial cemeteries, including monumental structures - granite circle and cubes, on each face of which there are hundreds of names.

During the Battle of Stalingrad, the battles were fought not only in the city itself - they were fought over a huge area of the territory of the Stalingrad region. After the fire of the cannons died out, for a long time on the approaches to the city there were "dead fields" full of unexploded shells and bombs. Demining lasted for many years, and the last such field was the Soldiers' Field, liberated from the traces of war only in the 1970s. During this tour, you will get an idea of the strategic routes of the movement of fascist and Soviet troops, learn how the plowing of the Soldier’s Field took place, marvel at the tragedy of the composition “The Explosion” and, of course, do not remain indifferent to the story of the girl Mila, whose father, Major Dmitry Petrakov, wrote a touching letter to her daughter, and later died.