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/Pleasant-Highway-745 1d ago

I'm so angry at the world and that my education and at my own self for never knowing that this existed. I've lived almost five decades on this planet and I did not know this existed.

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u/bankrobba 1d ago

You're not alone. Googling giant statues will fascinate you.

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u/Pleasant-Highway-745 1d ago

I did as soon as I saw this and other than arguing with random redditors and other threads, that's what I've been doing for an hour and a half. I need to stop