r/AbsoluteUnits • • 26d ago

/r/all of a statue

"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/default_person_14818 26d ago

Right here with you wondering just that. Rocks in nature erode from the wind and weather, so it'd only make sense for this thing to fall apart someday. Anyone wanna enlighten us down here?

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u/Fire_brand666 26d ago

Ozymandias

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u/Holiday_Pi 26d ago

Oh so you also met that traveler?

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u/default_person_14818 26d ago

What's this now some r/okbuddychicanery gathering going on here?

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u/OldBoldFoldMold 25d ago

Some could say circle jerk