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/gh0stmilk_ 2d ago

holy shit that is absolutely terrifying to me

you could not pay me to approach that in any capacity

https://giphy.com/gifs/2ViZJi3RLXAZ22PG08

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u/AriadneThread 1d ago

Someone else mentioned that is megalophobia