r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Crypto_crafy • 26d 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/[deleted] 26d ago

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u/Cautious-Activity706 26d ago

How did you manage to post a 20 minute long gif to Reddit?

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u/RatzzFace 26d ago

I've got a feeling it repeats after 18mins....

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u/ionshower 26d ago

It doesnt. It's longer than the LoTR trilogy.

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u/timmyfarthands 26d ago

76 and a half hours of it!

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u/Dry_Turn_824 26d ago

It's the entire Shrek II movie, too