Bronze Russian Sculpture \'The Motherland Calls\' Mamayev Kurgan Volgograd, Russia
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Bronze Russian Sculpture \'The Motherland Calls\' Mamayev Kurgan Volgograd, Russia:
$369.37
Bronze Russian Sculpture \'The Motherland Calls\' Mamayev Kurgan Volgograd, Russia
This is a genuine hot cast bronze sculpture entitled \'The Motherland Calls\'. The original is 87 metres high and can be found in Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd, Russia, commemorating the Battle of Stalingrad. This sculpture here measures 36.5cm to the tip of her sword, base measures 11.5cm x 10.5cm.
The Motherland Calls (Russian: Родина-мать зовёт! Rodina-Mat\' zovyot!), also called Mother Motherland, Mother Motherland Is Calling, simply The Motherland, or The Mamayev Monument, is a statue in Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd, Russia, commemorating the Battle of Stalingrad. It was designed by sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich and structural engineer Nikolai Nikitin, and declared the largest statue in the world in 1967. Compared with the later higher statues, The Motherland Calls is significantly more complex from an engineering point of view, due to its characteristic posture with a sword raised high in the right hand and the left hand extended in a calling gesture. The technology behind the statue is based on a combination of prestressed concrete with wire ropes structure, a solution which can be found also in another work of Nikitin\'s, the super-tall Ostankino Tower in Moscow. It is the tallest statue of a woman in the world.
When the memorial was dedicated in 1967 it was the tallest sculpture in the world, measuring 87 metres (279 feet) from the tip of its sword to the top of the plinth. The figure itself measures 52 metres (170 feet), and the sword 33 metres (108 feet). Two hundred steps, symbolizing the 200 days of the Battle of Stalingrad, led from the bottom of the hill to the monument. The lead sculptor was Yevgeny Vuchetich, and the significant structural engineering challenges of the 7,900 tonnes (7,800 long tons; 8,700 short tons) of concrete sculpture were handled by Nikolai Nikitin. The statue appears on both the current Flag and coat of arms of Volgograd Oblast.
The model who posed for the statue, Valentina Izotova, a native of the city, is still recognized for her resemblance to the statue. She was recruited by Lev Maistrenko, an artist who was working on the memorial complex in the early 1960s.
According to some sources the statue was partially inspired by the Winged Victory of Samothrace, with somewhat more extended drapery.
Marshal of the Soviet Union Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov is buried in the area of the monument, as is famous Soviet sniper Vasily Zaytsev, who killed 225 Axis soldiers in the battle of Stalingrad.
The statue is claimed to be leaning due to changes in groundwater level causing movement of the foundations. The lean is rapidly getting worse. The statue is not fixed to its foundations and is held in place only by its weight. It has shifted 20 centimetres and is not expected to be able to move much farther without collapsing. While local authorities deny that the statue is in danger, conservation and restoration work started in 2010.
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Bronze Russian Sculpture \'The Motherland Calls\' Mamayev Kurgan Volgograd, Russia:
$369.37