Rodina, meaning "Motherland", and this giant
statue is calling out. To you? To Europe? To the world? That's for you to decide. I note, she's got a sword.
Dedicated in 1967, it commemorates the Russian victory in the Battle of Stalingrad. War and God generate most of the biggest statues, of course.
Sadly, Rodina here is starting to lean due to changes in groundwater, and there's not much more till there's a collapse. Work is underway to mitigate this from happening, but the risk is there, and would be a symbolic tragedy were this large piece of art to come crashing back to Earth.
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