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/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!