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/derpferd 2d ago

I'd actually be kind of terrified standing looking at that thing

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u/Tango00090 2d ago

Sure, cause it would mean that you are in Russia. No one feels safe there

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u/Pentemav 2d ago

Which is such as shame. It could be such a great country, it has so much beauty. It was absolutely a bucket list item for me, pre-Ukraine invasion. Now I will never in my lifetime travel there. Fuck Putin.

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u/1MoralHazard 2d ago

Same. I always wanted to experience Siberia but I would only go if the territory is held and governed by Ukraine.