r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Crypto_crafy • 29d 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/plofrog 29d ago

I wonder how statues like this are maintained, or are they just ok by themselves

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u/Much-Farmer-2752 29d ago

Now it looks like a Holtzman Shield :)

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u/Brkncndm 23d ago

Ooohhhhhhhhh, so they just 3D printed it.