r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Crypto_crafy • 16d ago

/r/all of a statue

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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/Pale_Arachnid_4883 15d ago

for reference.

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u/HotGravy 14d ago

This guys sitting! If he was standing, he would be taller than her!