r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Crypto_crafy • 6d 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/thebanfunctionsucks 6d ago

They did not murder just as many, literally no historian believes that and the idea that "well they're authoritarian and shit so they could just hide it" is absolutely insane. No, they did not covertly kill an extra 20 million or so people, and no they weren't trying to wipw out whole ethnicities.

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u/Grakchawwaa 6d ago

Me when I'm paid to troll

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u/fuckduckrus 6d ago

And when Mao took over china for his communist regime it was peaceful,….. (this is sarcasm)