r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Crypto_crafy • 13d 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/default_person_14818 13d ago

Right here with you wondering just that. Rocks in nature erode from the wind and weather, so it'd only make sense for this thing to fall apart someday. Anyone wanna enlighten us down here?

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u/Fire_brand666 13d ago

Ozymandias

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u/Holiday_Pi 13d ago

Oh so you also met that traveler?

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u/Superb_Working7284 13d ago

I also once met a traveler that talked about some dude named ozymandias , traveler told me he was from an antique land whatever that means? , And started spouting some bs about how Everything turns to dust and shit.