The Road to Moscow - mile 5,823 - 16 June 12
June 16th 2012 Volgograd isn't all about the Battle of Stalingrad, there are some fairly spectacular feats of engineering here too. South of town is the start of the Volga-Don Ship Canal fronted by a giant, 23m, Stalinesque arch and the largest Lenin statue in the world. Its part of the Volga-Baltic Waterway that allows shipping to travel from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea and hence the Atlantic Ocean or S
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