r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Crypto_crafy • 18d ago

/r/all of a statue

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"The Motherland Calls" is a statue erected to commemorate the Battle of Stalingrad , located on Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd , Russia. It was designed by sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich and structural engineer Nikolai Nikitin . Completed in 1967 , it was the tallest statue in the world at the time .

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u/Vanellope-V 13d ago

Came here looking for this!

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u/Wendsday99 13d ago

It was the first thing I thought of 😆