Mother Motherland (Rodina-mat) - Kiev, Ukraine
N 50° 25.598 E 030° 33.780
36U E 326907 N 5588905
Mother Motherland stands high over Kiev to commemorate USSR's victory in what was known there as the Great Patriotic War (Eastern Front of World War II).
Waymark Code: WMPPAV
Location: Ukraine
Date Posted: 09/30/2015
Views: 12
This is one of a series of statues erected by the old Soviet Union to commemorate their victory in what was known there as the Great Patriotic War – which many people might know better as the Eastern Front of World War II.
The sculpture is a part of the Museum of The History of Ukraine in World War II.
Designed by Yevgeny Vuchetich, the stainless steel statue stands 62 m (203 ft) tall upon the museum building with the overall structure measuring 102 m (335 ft) and weighing 560 tons. The sword in the statue's right hand is 16 m (52 ft) long weighing 9 tons, with the left hand holding up a 13 by 8 m (43 by 26 ft) shield with the State Emblem of the Soviet Union.
The Memorial Hall of the Museum displays marble plaques with carved names of more than 11,600 soldiers and over 200 workers of the home-front honored during the war with the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union and the Hero of Socialist Labor. On the hill beneath the museum, traditional flower shows are held.
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Mother Motherland (Rodina-mat)
Figure Type: Human
Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Yevgeny Vuchetich
Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 1981
Materials used: steel
Location: Pechersk
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