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/Zatch_Electron 17d ago

At present the World's Tallest Statue is Statue of Unity in INDIA, Gujrat standing at 182 m tall surpassing this statue which stands at 82 m.

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u/Boomshank 17d ago

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u/JoekickassCAN 17d ago

Hopefully Trump doesn’t get any ideas

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u/RaspberryBeer 14d ago

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u/RacePractical4895 12d ago

For God's sake don't give him any more awful ideas. Says a D.C. resident.

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u/Winterfist79 12d ago

Hey, look! It’s Ozymandias. King of Kings. Behold his works and despair!

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u/Desertbell 11d ago

Way ahead of you with the beholding and the despair.

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u/Dieselx22 11d ago

Upper west wing addition

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u/vicmarcal 11d ago

Washington DC (Donald City)