The fountain in the square by the city train station became famous due to a cult military photo, where sculptures of children dancing in a circle are captured against the backdrop of burning houses in Stalingrad. Installed in 1935, it depicted a scene from Korney Chukovsky's work "Barmaley." Similar compositions existed in many Soviet cities, but it was the Volgograd fountain that became renowned thanks to photographs taken by journalist Emmanuel Evzerikhin after a German air raid.

The fountain was very popular among the townspeople. In the center, on a pedestal, six cheerful pioneers danced around a curled-up crocodile, while frogs with open mouths sat at the edges, from which streams of water shot out. The figures of the children were made in Kharkiv based on a design by Romuald Iodko. They were severely damaged during transportation, but they were restored on-site and covered with whitewash to hide the damage.

Today, there are two copies of this fountain in Volgograd. The originals did not survive in the former USSR. In 2013, at the initiative of the biker club "Night Wolves," the fountain was restored to its original location in the train station square. It was enlarged by 20 cm and made from modern plastic. The second copy, made to real size, is located at the foot of the Gerhardt mill, but it is simply a sculptural composition, not a fountain.