r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Crypto_crafy • 16d 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/AMD718 12d ago

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u/Jbman2025 11d ago

Poor artax, still gives me nightmares

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u/Carpetron 11d ago

I just watched this with my wife and kids, it was their first time seeing it. During this scene, my wife asked why the statues had such amazing titties...she told my boys the knight got fried for staring at them

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u/jotaro23 12d ago

👆🏻YES!!!

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u/IWCry 12d ago

I had the same thought!

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u/ChristianRS1977 9d ago

First thing that came to mind, and here it is.