ニューヨーク・タイムズのインスタグラム(nytimes) - 11月16日 08時12分

The Battle for #Stalingrad raged for 200 days, and the city was reduced to ruins. Civilians who couldn’t evacuate starved, some eating rats and clay. Resistance to the German onslaught was fierce. The defending army had no choice but to fend off the attack or die standing, following Stalin’s order: “Not one step back.” By the time the battle was over, the population of half a million had been reduced to just 35,000. Since World War II, Stalingrad has been rebuilt and renamed; today, it’s known as Volgograd. The photographer @sergeyponomarev, who visited recently, grew up “like every Russian schoolchild,” learning about “Hitler’s murderous advance into Russia during World War II, and how it was halted at the Battle of Stalingrad,” he writes. Working as a conflict photographer today, he often wonders if other cities destroyed by war will ever look and feel like Stalingrad does today. This statue, “The Motherland Calls,” is the tallest in Europe. “Visible from almost every vantage point in the city, the statue is a powerful reminder of the price that Soviet people paid to defeat Nazism,” @sergeyponomarev writes. Visit the link in our profile to see more of his photos from #Volgograd, 75 years later.

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