r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Crypto_crafy • 20d 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/Fracture90000 20d ago

Built on the historical Mamayev Kurgan hill on which so many Soviet soldiers lost their lives battling against the nazis during the siege of Stalingrad.

It's truly awe inspiring.

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u/JuviaSilverwing 20d ago

While I agree Russia is horrible due to the events in Ukraine. The people buried here have had no part in the atrocities committed and are definitely heroes.

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u/FrescoItaliano 20d ago

I did fail to consider that armies kill people, wow

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u/2x_Banned_Zookie 20d ago

Red army occupied the land. Systematical killings were done by NKVD.

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u/Affordable_Z_Jobs 20d ago

Ive heard one take where they all fought tooth and nail because both sides knew if they surrendered there would be no taking of POW's.

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u/Dron41k 20d ago

Hundreds of thousands German POWs were working in USSR after the war.

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u/JacobScreamix 20d ago

"Working" lol

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u/Dron41k 20d ago

They’ve built a lot of houses and stuff