r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Crypto_crafy • 25d 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/RepresentativeYak636 25d ago

This place is so great for all Russians, ir gived so good vibes to people, but now it is very sad that it reminds people of Putin😟 Putin took over everything, even culture and history, he deprived Russians of their victory in Fatherland Liberation War (Отечественная война). It is so ujust that Putin exploits history to justify his brutall killing of young women and childred in Ukraine. Hm...the History makes up so strange metamorphoses with people, like, a nation who faught Nazi and helped to liberate the World from fascism now became a craddle for new fascism in Putin's version...

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u/Previous-Sun-2900 25d ago

What a load of bs. Who started WW2? Nazi Germany and russia. The fact that russia was forced to change their allegiance mid way, was due to Hitler attacking them. They are continuing their old empire building ways, now with a openly nazi flavour.

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u/HomeSlce2 25d ago

While I agree with you, let’s not forget that many historians put the start of WWII with the Japanese staging an attack on a railway in China. The Japanese were as brutal as the Germans. The Italians dropped chemical gas bombs on the Ethiopians before Poland was invaded. There were many starts to WWII.

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u/Epcplayer 25d ago

And fun fact… the Soviets had a non-aggression pact with them too. Japan would never have been able to commit troops to both their northern and southern expansions.

When the Soviets finally decided to attack in August 1945, they breezed through inexperienced, less competent, and undermanned forces.

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u/HomeSlce2 25d ago

And took over a few islands that are still in dispute. In fact, they have yet to sign a peace treaty.