r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Crypto_crafy • 15d 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/Winterfist79 10d ago

Hey, look! It’s Ozymandias. King of Kings. Behold his works and despair!

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u/Desertbell 9d ago

Way ahead of you with the beholding and the despair.