Швецов Александр Сергеевич - Сталинград
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The Volga, a blue ribbon, stretches into the distance.
What was once a peaceful city has become a city of steel.
Like a concrete wall, the city stands in the way.
This is our land, the enemy cannot pass here.
For two hundred days and nights it stood defiant.
They burned and bombed it, but it remained stubborn.
Here it stood to the death, every house like a wall.
Not a step back, for the whole country is behind me.

Oh, Stalingrad! Soldier City!
Your stones are sacred granite!
You know the price of great losses.
You have endured! You have won! We will forever remember Malakhov Kurgan
And the valiant Pavlov House
Where every brick groans from wounds
Inflicted by leaden fire

Not just concrete, but a living wall
Where an old man and a child stood by the window
For if you're small and can't shoot
You're ready to load a belt with bullets
Here a boy died, holding a grenade
Here a Komsomol detachment stood to the death
Here every yard is soaked in someone's blood
Here Fritz realized he would be defeated

A wounded shore, a boiling cauldron
Water burned! An unprecedented bonfire!
The enemy shouted, "Surrender, or we'll kill you!"
But the city responded with fire!

Oh, Stalingrad! Soldier City!
Your stones are sacred granite!
You know the price of great losses
You have endured! You have won! We will forever remember Malakhov Kurgan
And the valiant Pavlov House
Where every brick groans from wounds
Inflicted by leaden fire

The city has been rebuilt, it stands beautiful
Marble, glass, plaster, granite
But if you dig a little deeper into the decoration
The scars of war are visible around the town
Standing on the mound is the Motherland
We know, we remember, what cannot be described