One of the highest statues in the world, “Motherland is calling!” included in the sculptural triptych along with the monuments “Rear to the Front” in Magnitogorsk and “Warrior-Liberator” in Treptower Park in Berlin. the author of the monument was Eugene Vuchetich, who created the figure of a woman with a sword raised above her head. The most complicated construction went on from 1959 to 1967. 5.5 thousand tons of concrete and 2.4 thousand tons of metal structures were needed to make the monument. inside the "Motherland" is completely hollow, it consists of separate cell chambers in which metal cables are strung to support the frame of the monument. the height of the grand monument is 85 meters, it is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest sculpture-statue in the world at the time of the construction of the monument .
One of the highest statues in the world, “Motherland is calling!” included in the sculptural triptych along with the monuments “Rear to the Front” in Magnitogorsk and “Warrior-Liberator” in Treptower Park in Berlin. the author of the monument was Eugene Vuchetich, who created the figure of a woman with a sword raised above her head. The most complicated construction went on from 1959 to 1967. 5.5 thousand tons of concrete and 2.4 thousand tons of metal structures were needed to make the monument. inside the "Motherland" is completely hollow, it consists of separate cell chambers in which metal cables are strung to support the frame of the monument. the height of the grand monument is 85 meters, it is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest sculpture-statue in the world at the time of the construction of the monument .