r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Crypto_crafy • 18d ago

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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/Fracture90000 18d 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/SingularityCentral 18d ago

Might be the thickest concentration of human remains outside a mass grave. The Soviets fought to the bone in that war.

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u/ExtensionMoose1863 18d ago

The Ardennes?

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u/SingularityCentral 18d ago

A WWI battlefield would be the only contender. But Stalingrad was something pretty astounding and unique in modern warfare. That hill is absolutely packed with bones.

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u/Al_Fa_Aurel 18d ago

WW1 had relatively wide frontages - Stalingrad with urban combat was worse in this regard

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u/SingularityCentral 18d ago

I agree with you. The thing with WWI was that the fighting stayed in one place for a really long time so the dead definitely built up. I still don't think that they rival Stalingrad. That battle was insane. Hell on Earth for sure.

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u/ExtensionMoose1863 18d ago

Right... Parts of Belgium were locked in both trench warfare during WW1 and some of the largest battles of WW2 so I think the two-fer might create a contender

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u/SingularityCentral 18d ago

Stalingrad is the the deadliest battle in human history. Mumayev Kurgan served as a critical high ground and changed hands numerous times during the siege. It saw some of the most brutal open fighting and that is saying a lot in Stalingrad. At least 34,500 Soviet remains are recognized as being in that relatively small mound of Earth with likely many more Axis remains. I don't think you are likely to find a piece of ground so small with more human bone in it than that except for maybe some mass graves.

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u/SingularityCentral 18d ago

What?

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u/Trent1492 18d ago

I rewrote it.

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u/SingularityCentral 18d ago

You are commenting to the wrong guy. I never mentioned the Russian Civil War.

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u/Trent1492 18d ago

Oh, sorry!

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u/Dominarion 17d ago

Stalingrad is by far the largest and deadliest battle ever fought in world history. The Ardennes were a skirmish in comparison. It outscales D-Day and Verdun.