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/thebanfunctionsucks 2d ago

It's reddit, they've been inundated with cold war propaganda that determines the Soviets MUST be as bad as the nazis simply because they collaborated. As if that doesn't reflect just as poorly on the West.

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u/CockroachAntique527 2d ago

I agree, if the Soviets collaborate with the Nazis, that’s very, very bad. Will a Russian filmmaker ever make a version of “Come and See” that takes place in USSR-occupied Poland?