Volgograd
October 31st 2013 Firstly, apologies on how late and rushed this one is. The next will be better, I promise!
I arrived in Volgograd mid-afternoon on Tuesday and walked to my hostel on Heroes Alley.
Volgograd is probably better known to history buffs as Stalingrad, but before Stalingrad it was called Tsaritsyn, 'Yellow River'. Founded in about 1589 to guard Russia's southern boundary, Tsritsyn
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