More and more and with consistency I see references to a map called "Barricades" or "Red Barricades" that will be available at launch. Since the screen we saw of the campaign map shows an area called "Barrikady" I can only assume these are one at the same.
There's just a tiny problem, the name of the factory upon which this map is based "Красные Баррикады" from which "Barrikady" is derived means "Red Barricades," a reference to the revolution, not "barracks." There were probably barracks and settlements nearby for the workers, but if the area was actually called "Red Barracks" by the Soviets it would have been "Красные Казармы." The place still exists today: http://www.barricady.ru/
But wait, there's more! There's an actual area in Stalingrad called Red Barracks, but it's south of the Mamai Heights, in the area designated "West" on the campaign map above. Is this the area that the Barracks map actually portrays? If so, what happened to the "Barrikady" shown on the campaign map? That screenshot may be very old and obsolete, so things may have changed.
Now I don't know what kind of fighting took place at the Red Barracks, but I think the Red Barricades factory was a higher priority target for the Germans, especially after the deliberate push into the industrial sector. Maybe TWI wanted an office-space map and Red Barracks was the perfect location they found, and they already had a factory level (probably the "Krasnyy [Oktyabr]" in the screenshot) so they wanted to diversify, that's fine with me. It's just a little confusing.
Here is Red Barricades, just north of Red October: link
Here is Red Barracks, just south of Mamaev Kurgan: link
There's just a tiny problem, the name of the factory upon which this map is based "Красные Баррикады" from which "Barrikady" is derived means "Red Barricades," a reference to the revolution, not "barracks." There were probably barracks and settlements nearby for the workers, but if the area was actually called "Red Barracks" by the Soviets it would have been "Красные Казармы." The place still exists today: http://www.barricady.ru/
But wait, there's more! There's an actual area in Stalingrad called Red Barracks, but it's south of the Mamai Heights, in the area designated "West" on the campaign map above. Is this the area that the Barracks map actually portrays? If so, what happened to the "Barrikady" shown on the campaign map? That screenshot may be very old and obsolete, so things may have changed.
Now I don't know what kind of fighting took place at the Red Barracks, but I think the Red Barricades factory was a higher priority target for the Germans, especially after the deliberate push into the industrial sector. Maybe TWI wanted an office-space map and Red Barracks was the perfect location they found, and they already had a factory level (probably the "Krasnyy [Oktyabr]" in the screenshot) so they wanted to diversify, that's fine with me. It's just a little confusing.
Here is Red Barricades, just north of Red October: link
Here is Red Barracks, just south of Mamaev Kurgan: link
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