Mother Motherland Statue (Kiev)
The Motherland statue ( Ukrainian Батьківщина-Мати Batkiwschtschyna-Maty , Russian Родина-мать Rodina-mat ) in the Ukrainian capital Kiev is a colossal statue , which in the Soviet Union to commemorate the victory of Soviet forces in the Great Patriotic War was erected .
The first model of the statue was made by the sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich . After his death in 1974, the Ukrainian sculptor Wassyl Borodaj (1917-2010) continued the project. The artist Halyna Kaltschenko, who died in 1975, served him as a model for the monumental sculpture.
The statue is made of stainless steel, has a height of 62 meters and stands on a 40-meter high pedestal on the mountain slope above the Dnieper . The total height of the monument is 102 meters, the weight is 500 tons. To ensure stability, there is a special mechanical construction inside. The monument forms the center of a memorial commemorating the victory of the Red Army in World War II . The shield, on which the coat of arms of the Soviet Union is depicted, is 36 m 2 and weighs 13 tons. The sword is 16 meters long and weighs nine tons. The figure was to be inaugurated on May 9, 1980, the 35th anniversary of Victory . However, there were problems with the attachment of the support surface, and the use of a special crane was required to erect the figure. The inauguration took place on May 9, 1981 by party leader Leonid Brezhnev .
It is possible to reach a small, barred viewing platform through an arm behind the shield. To do this, you have to climb a safety rope through a narrow shaft.
See also
- Mother Homeland statue in Volgograd , another colossal statue of Mother Homeland, and other Mother Homeland statues
- List of tallest statues
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Blog Historian. 1981: Behind the scenes of the "Heimat" monument on bbc ukraine on May 9, 2016; Retrieved December 9, 2016 (Ukrainian).
- ↑ MOTHERLAND MONUMENT. In: Website of the memorial. Retrieved December 10, 2016 (English / Ukrainian).
Coordinates: 50 ° 25 ′ 35.4 ″ N , 30 ° 33 ′ 47.2 ″ E