The literary-historical evening transports listeners to the city on the Volga, where the fate of the war and an entire generation was decided. Through stories about monuments, music, and books, participants will look at the Battle of Stalingrad from a new perspective, feel its scale and the fragility of peaceful life that grew from the ruins, and sense a personal connection to this page of history. In the history of the 20th century, there are cities whose names resonate like a separate line in the memory of the country. Stalingrad is one of them, and the conversation about it inevitably turns into a discussion about the price of victory, human courage, and the memory that lives in textbooks, architecture, music, and literature. The literary-historical meeting weaves these threads into a single tapestry and offers to see familiar facts from a different angle. Guests gradually traverse the path from the ruined frontline city to modern Volgograd, examining how the appearance of streets and squares has changed. The discussion will cover which buildings have disappeared forever, which monuments have risen on the ruins, how memorial ensembles were created, and why they still remain a living "language" of conversation about the war. A special emphasis is placed on Mamaev Kurgan - a place where stone, concrete, and bronze are transformed into an emotional chronicle of battles. It is important to note that the focus is not on a dry recounting of dates, but on personal experience. Participants will learn about the stories hidden behind sculptures, steles, and mass graves, and hear about the people to whom monuments and song lyrics are dedicated. Musical and literary fragments help to feel how artists, composers, and writers of different generations have tried to comprehend the Battle of Stalingrad, turning pain and memory into art that is understandable to descendants. An up-to-date program for Moscow is presented on KudaGo.