Built to commemorate the Battle of Stalingrad, the statue “The Motherland Calls”
Built to commemorate the Battle of Stalingrad, the statue “The Motherland Calls”, stands in Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd.The statue was designed by Yevgeny Vuchetich and Nikolai Nikitin, with help and oversight by Hero of the Soviet Union Vasily Chuikov, who is also buried on site.The statue was the tallest sculpture at its dedication in 1967 measuring 87 meters. It’s also the tallest statue of a woman in the world. -- source link
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