Volgograd monumental sculpture for heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad
The Motherland Calls
Russia
For the heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad
Unveiled
15 October 1967
Location
48°44′33″N44°32′13″E / 48.74250°N 44.53694°E / 48.74250; 44.53694 near
Mamayev Kurgan, Volgograd, Russia
Designed by
Yevgeny Vuchetich, Nikolai Nikitin
3D model (click to interact)
Statistics source: UNESCO
The Motherland Calls (Russian: Родина-мать зовёт!, tr. Rodina-mat' zovyot!) is the compositional centre of the monument-ensemble "Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad" on Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd, Russia. The statue is designed in the Soviet style of socialist realism. It was created by sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich and structural engineer Nikolai Nikitin, and declared the tallest statue in the world in 1967. At 85 m (279 ft), it is the tallest statue in the eastern hemisphere outside of Asia.
Together with the Warrior Liberator in Treptower Park, Berlin and Rear-front Memorial in Magnitogorsk, the monument is a part of a triptych.
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