Lenin Square

One of the most visited places in Volgograd is Lenin Square, which before the revolution was called St. Nicholas Church. Initially, it was unsuitable and had no road surface. Carts often stopped here carrying fish from Tsaritsyn and Astrakhan to Moscow. During its existence, Lenin Square has been the site of rallies and strikes.

In the 20s, it received its new name – January 9 Square, in memory of Bloody Sunday. During the Battle of Stalingrad, a group of Soviet soldiers defended themselves for 58 days in one of the local residential buildings. During the hostilities, the building area was badly damaged. In memory of the brave defenders, on January 9, 1950, the square was renamed Defense Square.

In 1951, four identical houses were built here, determining the nature of further development of the square. A little later, the new houses were combined into a semicircular colonnade, and the end of Pavlov’s house was decorated with a bas-relief that depicted the image of the victorious hero. After the monument to Lenin was erected here in 1960, the square received the name of the great leader of the proletariat.