Stalingrad - The Fountain

The Barmaley is an informal name of a fountain in the city of Volgograd (formerly known as Stalingrad). Its official name is Children's Khorovod (Round Dance). The statue is of a circle of six children dancing around a crocodile. While the original fountain was removed in the 1950s, two replicas were installed in 2013. The original fountain is believed to have been installed in the 1930s, when the Soviet Union was being adorned with various outdoor architectural works. The Barmaley Fountain was