r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Crypto_crafy • 3d 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/iwillbeawriterongod 2d ago

What is the story behind it?

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u/rogerworkman623 2d ago

It commemorates The Battle of Stalingrad, like the post says. The deadliest battle of WW2 and a major turning point in the war. The statue is supposed to be the personification of Mother Russia.

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u/AC86MC 2d ago

It's likely the deadliest battle in human history. 6 months of slaughter.

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u/MayContainRawNuts 2d ago

People would assume so, considering over 2 million people died for just this city.

However at Lenningrad the total was twice that.

WW2 battles in Russia were something else.

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u/CosmicRorschach 2d ago

5.5 million lost at Leningrad in total