Another examination of the degree of wear and tear on the structures of the sculpture “The Homeland Calls!” will be held until March 31, 2024. About this and other events in the Volgograd region – in the review IA Krasnaya Vesna.
The sculpture “The Homeland Calls!” inspected for wear
The State Historical and Memorial Museum-Reserve “Battle of Stalingrad” signed an agreement to assess the reliability and degree of wear of the sculpture structures with the Federal State Budgetary Institution “Volgograd State Technical University”. The cost of work will be 836.3 thousand rubles.
Expansion of the Volgograd region?
Volgograd politicians spoke in favor of annexing the Sovetsky district of the Rostov region to the Volgograd region, citing the need to provide transport links to the towns of the region.
The Sovetsky district of the Rostov region, where 5.9 thousand people live, occupies an area of 1282 square kilometers. The region is 380 kilometers from Rostov-on-Don, while Volgograd is 220 kilometers away.
Journalists from the publication “Notebook – Volgograd” surveyed 1.5 thousand people about the possible annexation of the Sovetsky district to the Volgograd region.
53% of respondents were in favor of joining, 47% were against. The latter cited the fact that the region’s budget is limited and dreams of establishing a transport line to remote settlements are wishful thinking.
Impact of bad weather
Last week was marked by bad weather in the Volgograd region. Precipitation in the form of sleet and rain caused icing and severe icy conditions.
According to local administrations, classes were canceled in schools in the Mikhailovsky, Novoanninsky and Elansky districts. Students were transferred to distance education.
Public transport was also temporarily suspended in the areas due to bad weather.
Mina at the Volgograd school
According to data confirmed by the operational services of the region, a 120-mm mortar shell from the Great Patriotic War was discovered in gymnasium number 12 in the city of Volgograd.
The building in which the mine was found previously belonged to secondary school number 2 in the village of Nizhnye Barrikady. The four-story school was built before the war. It was this region north of Stalingrad that became the scene of fierce urban fighting. In the same area of the city is “Lyudnikova Island”, the place where Soviet troops of the 138th division fought fiercely surrounded by Germans on a 700 by 400 m terrain under the leadership of Ivan Lyudnikov.
Chess tournament in Volgograd
The annual Alexander Nevsky chess festival was held in Volgograd. On the basis of the Gambit chess club, tournaments were held for different age categories in blitz and rapid chess, Fischer chess, classical chess and a tournament for solving chess compositions.
39 chess players participated in the strongest open tournament with classical time control. The first place with seven points out of seven was taken by the international master of the Chelyabinsk region Yaroslav Remizov (national ranking 2461). Grandmaster Veniamin Shtyrenkov (Moscow region, rating 2257) was one and a half points behind, second place. Third place with five points according to additional indicators was taken by local chess player Sergei Filin (rating 2036).
Source: Rossa Primavera
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