Archaeology & History Huge! Russia’s Very Large and Heavy Monument. The Motherland Calls! is twice as large as the Statue of Liberty and 40 times as heavy.

The statue which dates from the Soviet era in 1967 could be upsetting to both Orthodox and Muslim Russians, he said. ‘It would be better if the Motherland was more covered,’ said Mr ...

Motherland Calls was the tallest statue in the world from its completion until 1975. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at [email protected] . For more stories like this, check our ...

The Motherland Monument, a 335-foot statue of a woman holding a sword and shield, has towered over Kyiv since 1981 as a symbol of the U.S.S.R.’s triumphs during World War II. Workers dismantled ...

The Russian Foreign Ministry insisted on Sunday that “mother cannot be renamed.” “In Kiev, a trident was installed on the monument ‘Motherland,’” the ministry’s spokesperson, Maria ...

The Motherland Monument — a 335-foot-tall stainless steel behemoth towering over Ukraine’s capital — was unveiled in 1981 and designed to assert Soviet invincibility.

Item 1 of 5 Workers mount a Ukrainian national emblem to the shield of the 'Motherland' monument replacing the Soviet one, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at a compound of the World War II museum ...

Kyiv last week replaced the Soviet hammer and sickle symbol with a trident – the Ukrainian coat of arms – on the shield of the Motherland Monument, which dominates the capital’s skyline.

Workers remove the Soviet Coat of Arms from the shield in the hand of the country’s tallest statue, the Motherland Monument, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. Ukraine is accelerating e… ...

The Russian Foreign Ministry insisted on Sunday that “mother cannot be renamed.” “In Kiev, a trident was installed on the monument ‘Motherland,’” the ministry’s spokesperson, Maria ...