In a picturesque part of the Volgograd region is a historical Shukshin cliff, located in one of the chalk cliffs of the mountains that stretched for dozens of kilometers along the Don. Cliff was named in memory of the actor, director and writer Vasily Shukshin.

In 1970 near the village Kletskaya, one of the mighty chalk mountains steeply into the river, was filming the famous film "They Fought for Their Motherland" - the film adaptation of the novel by Mikhail Sholokhov. The battle for the Don crossing was filmed there, where the action of the documentary novel. Trenches left after 1942, served as a platform stage and in the crowd was shot Kletskaya entire population of the village and surrounding hamlets. One of the main roles of the legendary film starred People's Artist Vasily Shukshin (LOPAKHIN soldiers), who loved a long time to sit on the cliff. In 1974, when shooting a picture coming to an end, Shukshin died. After a few years through the efforts of a former member of the crew was a memorial obelisk carved with the name of the actor on a white stone.

Today on the site of battles during the Great Patriotic War and the death of the national actor is a monument to the soldiers who fought in the bridgehead Kletskaya village, a mass grave, and on top of the cliff Vasilyevskaya erected a chapel with a gilded dome. In memory of the talented actor he was named the street of the village, a bust, they opened a library. VM Shukshin, which houses donated his book of short stories "Compatriots" autographed.

Every year Shukshin cliff Commemorated held with the participation of famous actors, directors and admirers VM Shukshin.