Mamayev Kurgan

The Mamayev Kurgan (pronounced "Maw-mev Kor-gen"),As pronounced by Oleg Puskov in Call of Duty: Finest Hour. is a dominant hill overlooking Stalingrad. It was home to some of the bloodiest and costliest battles of the Battle of Stalingrad, and the entire war.
During one of their counter-assaults to recapture the hill of Mamayev Kurgan, the Soviets lost an entire division of 10,000 men in one day. After the war, a colossal monument of “Mother Russia” was erected on the hill that overlooks present-day Volgograd. One may even find bones and rusty metal splinters on Mamayev Kurgan today, symbolic of both the human suffering during the battle and the successful, yet costly resistance against the German invasion.
==Call of Duty: Finest Hour==
On the second mission of Call of Duty: Finest Hour, Pvt. Sokolov and Sgt. Puskov lead a charge to take the hill. Before even getting to its base, a German sniper gets Sokolov in his sights, but Puskov takes the bullet. Lt. Pavelovna kills the sniper, and takes command.
Though taking immense casualties, mainly from MG42 fire, the Soviet troops rush up the hill, taking Mamayev Kurgan.
After taking back the hill, Sokolov is seen lowering the flag of the German Reich.
In the ending cutscene, Soviet troops are advancing straight to hill after the bunker is cleared.
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