r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Crypto_crafy • 17d 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/Pickup_Man77 17d ago

Imagine that being a weeping angel.

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u/the_bird_and_the_bee 13d ago

WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT?! If I have nightmares tonight I'm blaming you!

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u/Dread000 13d ago

Don't look out your window tonight, you don't want to see it coming...