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The Motherland Calls

statue, Volgograd, Russia

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Battle of Stalingrad

In Battle of Stalingrad
…1967; its focal point is The Motherland Calls, a great 52-metre- (172-foot-) high statue of a winged female figure holding a sword aloft. The tip of the sword reaches 85 metres (280 feet) into the air. In the Mamayev complex is the tomb of Chuikov, who went on to lead…
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