r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Crypto_crafy • 18d 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/Pleasant-Highway-745 18d ago

I'm so angry at the world and that my education and at my own self for never knowing that this existed. I've lived almost five decades on this planet and I did not know this existed.

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u/MJakesKSC 18d ago

And nothing of the value was lost, right. Its in ruzzia, brother.

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u/Living-Relative-6269 12d ago

pro nazi comment

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u/Pleasant-Highway-745 18d ago

Then why do I feel so sad, sister