The Motherland Calls by Sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich
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The Motherland Calls by Sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich

$1,755.00

The Motherland Calls or in literal translation from Russian: Homeland-Mother Is Calling! is a statue of a woman stepping forward with a raised sword representing the Soviet or Russian Motherland calling on its sons and daughters to repulse the enemy and return to the attack.  This Soviet era sculpture which started construction in May 1959 and completed on 15 October 1967 is the compositional center of the monument-ensemble “Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad” on Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd, Russia.  It was designed by sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich and structural engineer Nikolai Nikitin, and declared the tallest statue in the world in 1967 when complete.  At 85 m (279 ft), it is the tallest statue in Europe, the tallest outside of Asia and the tallest statue (excluding pedestals) of a woman in the world.

This Motherland Calls sculpture by Yevgeny Vuchetich is a beautiful representation of Soviet art with an art nuevo twist.

Dimensions:

Height: 62.5 cm (24.6 inches)

Width: 13.5 cm x 13.5 (5.3 inches)

Weight: 6.3 Kg (13.8 lbs)

 

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The Motherland Calls or in literal translation from Russian: Homeland-Mother Is Calling! is a statue of a woman stepping forward with a raised sword representing the Soviet or Russian Motherland calling on its sons and daughters to repulse the enemy and return to the attack.  It was designed by sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich and structural engineer Nikolai Nikitin, started construction in May 1959 and completed on 15 October 1967.

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