Square of Fallen Fighters

The Square of Fallen Fighters is the main square of Volgograd. The epicenter of holidays and other city events.

The square appeared at the end of the nineteenth century. Initially, it was traded by Tsaritsyn merchants. By the beginning of the twentieth century, the square became an object of rest and leisure for local residents. Then on the square decided to build a temple of Alexander Nevsky. It was called "Alexandrovskaya".

After the Civil War, its defenders, killed by whites, were honorably buried on the square. Since then, the square has been named after the Fallen Fighters of the Revolution.

Getting to Fallen Fighters Square is pretty easy. It is located in the center of Volgograd, where almost all urban transport passes.