Motherland is Calling or Mother Russia VOLGOGRAD, Russia
Completed in 1967, the statue “Motherland is Calling” – made of 7900 tons of reinforced concrete. The sword is made of stainless steel, 108 feet (33 metres) long and weighs 14 tons.
The Statue is the centerpiece of the Mamayev Kurgan museum complex in Volgograd, built to commemorate the World War II Battle of Stalingrad, a key turning point in the War. The statue stands atop Mamal Hill, the site of the battle’s most intense fighting.
The city of Volgograd was established in the late 16th century to defend the land that Ivan the Terrible had wrested from the Tatars. Then known as Tsaritsyn. In 1925, as Stalin rose to power in the Soviet government, the city was renamed Stalingrad.
10 November 1961, at the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party, the city of Stalingrad was renamed Volgograd in honor of the river on whose banks it stands.
The monument was in Guinness Book of World Records as the highest monument at that time. The woman symbolizes Russia and is two times higher than Statue of Liberty. 85 meters high (170 feet.)
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Statue of Liberty:
The figure is 151 feet tall – 46 meters.
With the pedestal: 305 feet – 93 meters
Mother Russia:
The figure is 170 feet tall – 85 meters
The sword is 108 feet – 33 meters
With the pedestal; 279 feet – 85 meters
