It was the factory's initiative and wish that the future planetarium would be built in Stalingrad, the city of military glory. At that time, the only USSR cities to have planetariums were the two capitals – Moscow and Kyiv.

The gift to the defenders of Stalingrad was made by the workers of the Zeis Werke plant in the city of Jena – all over the period of just 4 months. At the suggestion of the Stalingrad architects, the dome of the building was crowned with a statue of a woman releasing a dove of peace into the sky.

In 2021, participants of the Volgograd – Cologne joint project "Nostalgia Tourist" dedicated one of their videos – aimed at international tourists – to the Volgograd Planetarium. We invite you to watch it here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quP1eqDAQTg