Gerhardt Mill Ruins
Мельница Гергардта
The riddled red-brick flour mill ruins, left as they were after the war, the most direct testament to the street fighting of the Battle of Stalingrad.
The Gerhardt Mill was a red-brick flour mill built in 1903 by a merchant of German descent. During the Battle of Stalingrad, Soviet troops held it as a stronghold for 58 days. Its walls are pocked with shell and bullet holes. After the war, it was deliberately left unrepaired as a memorial site and now belongs to the Panorama Museum. Standing before the ruins and comparing them with the rebuilt city beside them is the most powerful way to grasp the horror of the war. The exterior is free to view, and the interior is generally closed. It is just steps from the Panorama Museum, so the two can be visited together, and the best photos are taken in the evening light.
Opening hours
Exterior visible all day
Nearby sights
- Stalingrad Battle Panorama Museum
- Pavlov's House
- Volgograd Planetarium
- Mashkov Museum of Fine Arts
- Central Embankment (62nd Army Embankment)
- Alley of Heroes
- Memory Museum (Paulus' Headquarters)
- Square of the Fallen Fighters