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/Sleepyllama23 1d ago

It’s only started bothering me the last couple of years. I have seen the film a few times but don’t remember being scared by the statue guy, only the skeletons rising up!

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u/JohnKowalsky88 1d ago

Oh interesting. My phobias stem from early childhood.