The Motherland Calls statue

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monument statue war memorial

The Motherland Calls statue is a colossal World War II memorial in Volgograd, Russia, depicting a sword-wielding woman symbolizing the Motherland’s call to defend the nation.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
The Motherland Calls	0
Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex (structural design of main statue)	1
Monument to the Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad	1
The Motherland Calls memorial ensemble	1
The Motherland Calls monument on Mamayev Kurgan	1
The Motherland Calls, Mamayev Kurgan, Volgograd	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	monument ⓘ statue ⓘ war memorial ⓘ
architect	Yevgeny Vuchetich ⓘ
category	Colossal statues ⓘ Outdoor sculptures in Russia ⓘ World War II memorials in Russia ⓘ
commemorates	Soviet soldiers of World War II ⓘ Soviet victory in the Battle of Stalingrad ⓘ
constructionEndDate	1967 ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1959 ⓘ
coordinates	48.7422°N 44.5362°E ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Battle of Stalingrad ⓘ
depicts	Motherland ⓘ allegorical female figure ⓘ
genre	socialist realism ⓘ
hasPart	internal metal framework ⓘ pedestal ⓘ sword ⓘ
height	85 m ⓘ
heightIncludingSword	approximately 85 m ⓘ
heightOfFigureOnly	approximately 52 m ⓘ
heightOfSword	approximately 33 m ⓘ
heritageDesignation	cultural heritage monument of federal significance in Russia ⓘ
inception	1967 ⓘ
languageOfName	Russian ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Volgograd Oblast ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	UTC+3 ⓘ
locatedOn	hill ⓘ
location	Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex ⓘ surface form: Mamayev Kurgan Volgograd ⓘ
materialUsed	concrete ⓘ steel ⓘ
nativeLabel	The Motherland Calls ⓘ surface form: Родина-мать зовёт!
notableWorkOf	Yevgeny Vuchetich ⓘ
operator	Government of the Russian Federation ⓘ surface form: Russian government
owner	Russia ⓘ surface form: Russian Federation
partOf	Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex ⓘ
significantEvent	major restoration works in the 2010s ⓘ
structuralEngineer	Nikolai Nikitin NERFINISHED ⓘ
symbolizes	Motherland’s call to defend the nation ⓘ Soviet patriotism ⓘ victory over Nazi Germany ⓘ
unveiled	1967-10-15 ⓘ
visitorType	commemorative delegations ⓘ tourists ⓘ war veterans ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nikolai Nikitin → designed → The Motherland Calls statue ⓘ

Volgograd → knownFor → The Motherland Calls statue ⓘ

Hall of Military Glory → locatedNear → The Motherland Calls statue ⓘ

Volgograd Arena → locatedNear → The Motherland Calls statue ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Motherland Calls monument on Mamayev Kurgan

Stalingrad → memorial → The Motherland Calls statue ⓘ

Nikolai Nikitin → notableWork → The Motherland Calls statue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex (structural design of main statue)

Yevgeny Vuchetich → notableWork → The Motherland Calls statue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Monument to the Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad

Yevgeny Vuchetich → notableWork → The Motherland Calls statue ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Motherland Calls, Mamayev Kurgan, Volgograd

Hall of Military Glory → partOf → The Motherland Calls statue ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Motherland Calls memorial ensemble

Square of Sorrow → relatedSite → The Motherland Calls statue ⓘ