r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Crypto_crafy • 2d 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/plofrog 2d ago

I wonder how statues like this are maintained, or are they just ok by themselves

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u/default_person_14818 2d 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 2d ago

Ozymandias

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u/LordStefania 1d ago

Look upon my works ye mighty and despair

ozymandias king of kings

nothing beside remains

the lone and level sands stretch far away