The Motherland Calls

The Motherland Calls
Russia
For the heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad
Unveiled	15 October 1967
Location	48°44′33″N 44°32′13″E / 48.74250°N 44.53694°E / 48.74250; 44.53694 near  Mamayev Kurgan, Volgograd, Russia
Designed by	Yevgeny Vuchetich, Nikolai Nikitin
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Statistics source: UNESCO

The Motherland Calls (Russian: Родина-мать зовёт!, romanized: 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.