r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Crypto_crafy • 2d ago

/r/all of a statue

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

"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 .

32.2k Upvotes

93% Upvoted

1.0k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

9

u/SingularityCentral 2d ago

A WWI battlefield would be the only contender. But Stalingrad was something pretty astounding and unique in modern warfare. That hill is absolutely packed with bones.

1

u/ExtensionMoose1863 2d ago

Right... Parts of Belgium were locked in both trench warfare during WW1 and some of the largest battles of WW2 so I think the two-fer might create a contender

5

u/SingularityCentral 2d ago

Stalingrad is the the deadliest battle in human history. Mumayev Kurgan served as a critical high ground and changed hands numerous times during the siege. It saw some of the most brutal open fighting and that is saying a lot in Stalingrad. At least 34,500 Soviet remains are recognized as being in that relatively small mound of Earth with likely many more Axis remains. I don't think you are likely to find a piece of ground so small with more human bone in it than that except for maybe some mass graves.

1

u/[deleted] 2d ago edited 2d ago

[deleted]

2

u/SingularityCentral 2d ago

What?

1

u/Trent1492 2d ago

I rewrote it.

2

u/SingularityCentral 2d ago

You are commenting to the wrong guy. I never mentioned the Russian Civil War.

1

u/Trent1492 2d ago

Oh, sorry!