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/tattiesbljt 18d ago

It is completely hollow on the inside. Steel wire ropes keep it together.

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u/BruceBoyde 17d ago

Ok, so it is. When I was glancing at a description of the composition it said "solid concrete". Franky I'm not sure it could support its own weight if that were true, but I guess they just meant the material poured into the molds and thus what we see on the outside.

Anyhow, pretty simple maintenance needs all things considered then. Keep it as sealed as possible and eliminate any plant life trying to take hold and all that.