TOPSHOTS Honour guards march past the giant monument 'Rodina-Mat' zovyot!''( Mother Motherland Is Calling for Fight) also known as Mother Motherland statue, rises at the memorial on Mamayev Hill built to honour those who died in the Battle of Stalingrad during the World War II, in the Russian city of Volgograd, formerly Stalingrad, on January 31, 2013. In a new display of national pride and reminder of its status as a world power, Russia remembers this weekend the Red Army victory in the battle of Stalingrad over invading Nazi forces, one of the bloodiest battles in human history. AFP PHOTO / MIKHAIL MORDASOV