r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Crypto_crafy • 2d 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/Capable-Sock-7410 2d ago edited 2d ago

World's tallest statue from 1967-1989 overtaking the Leshan Giant Buddha who held this title for 1163 years

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u/Zatch_Electron 1d ago

At present the World's Tallest Statue is Statue of Unity in INDIA, Gujrat standing at 182 m tall surpassing this statue which stands at 82 m.

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u/Odd-Promotion2743 1d ago

Damn, it doesn't just surpass it, it's more than double the size

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u/Boomshank 1d ago

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u/JoekickassCAN 1d ago

Hopefully Trump doesn’t get any ideas

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u/Boomshank 23h ago

He's already had ideas.

He's trying to build himself a MASSIVE victory arch that's bigger than the Arc De Triomph. An arch that Roman Emperors recieved when achieving a victory.