The Motherland Calls (Russian: Родина-мать зовёт!, tr. Rodina-mat' zavyot!, lit. Homeland-Mother Is Calling!) is the compositional centre of the monument-ensemble "Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad" on Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd, Russia.
The pathway leading to the statue leads through a row of pretty trees, battle emplacements, fountains, art sculptures, memorials, and a large pond and memorial that reminded me of the World War II monument in D.C.
In a country filled with war memorials, the monuments commemorating Stalingrad are extraordinary. The massive statue that is the city’s most iconic monument stands on a hilltop that was home to some of the battle’s bloodiest combat, and is visible for miles around.
This drone footage shows the gigantic 'The Motherland Calls' Soviet monument located in Mamayev Kurgan Memorial Complex in Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad), which was built in 1967 in memory of …
After the war, the Soviet authorities commissioned the enormous Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex. Vasily Chuikov, who led Soviet forces at Stalingrad, lies buried at Mamayev Kurgan, the first Marshal of the Soviet Union to be buried outside Moscow.
After the war, the Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex was built. On top of the hill, a huge allegorical statue of Mother Russia was erected, a concrete sculpture 52 meters tall, dominating the skyline of the city of Stalingrad, later renamed Volgograd.
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The biggest cement statue in the world, Mamayev Hil (Mother Russia) is tall 82 mt Right walking up from the downtown barely two keys north. Staring on religious silent the human sacrifice into the Mamaya War Memorial, changing guards every hours
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After the war, the Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex was built. On top of the hill, a huge allegorical statue of Mother Russia was erected, a concrete sculpture 52 meters tall, dominating the skyline of the city of Stalingrad, later renamed Volgograd.
Mamayev Kurgan, a hill overlooking the city of Volgograd (once known as Stalingrad), is the site of the Motherland Statue, which at 82 meters was the tallest in the world when it was finished in 1967.
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After the war, the Soviet authorities commissioned the enormous Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex. Vasily Chuikov, who led Soviet forces at Stalingrad, lies buried at Mamayev Kurgan, the first Marshal of the Soviet Union to be buried outside Moscow.
The statue, named “The Motherland Calls,” is one of many memorials in the city, known as Stalingrad during the war. Another of the major memorials are the “State Historical and Memorial Preserve of the Battle of Stalingrad,” better known as just the “Stalingrad Museum,” which is a huge domed memorial to the epic battle that took place here in 1942-43.
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Together with the above sites, the Memorial Complex "To the Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad" is the monument to tragic events of war time, symbolizing, however, Love for Motherland and Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
The 200 day battle of Stalingrad was the bloodiest in history – 1.7 million dead. The awesome memorial complex stands at the site of the battle, with 85 metre statue of Mother Russia.