Mother Motherland Statue (Volgograd)

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Mother calls home (2004)

The Mother-Homeland Statue ( Russian Скульптура “Родина-мать” Skulptura “Rodina-mat” ) on Mamayev Hill in Volgograd in southern Russia (until 1961 Stalingrad ) is a colossal statue made by the Soviet Union to commemorate the victory of the Soviet armed forces in the Great Patriotic War (part of World War II).

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Size comparison of well-known statues: Statue of Unity (India), Spring Temple Buddha (Lushan), Statue of Liberty (New York), Mother Home Statue , Cristo Redentor (Rio de Janeiro) and David by Michelangelo (Florence)

The Russian name of the statue is "Родина-Мать зовёт!" ( Rodina-mat sowjot ! , German: "Mother-home calls!" Or: "The motherland calls!" ). It was built in 1967 based on a design by the sculptor Yevgeny Wuchetich and is a reminder of the Battle of Stalingrad . The construction was carried out by Nikolai Nikitin . The statue has a total height of 85 meters, measured from the sole of the foot to the tip of the sword. The sword alone measures 33 meters and weighs 14 tons. The figure measures 52 meters. The foundation for the statue is a 16 meter high concrete plinth; of this only about 2 meters are visible, while most of it is below the earth's surface. The statue is made of concrete blocks. The total weight without the base is 7900 tons, of which approx. 5500 tons are concrete and 2400 tons are metal.

François Rude : The departure of the volunteers in 1792 (La Marseillaise) with the allegory of France as a possible design model for the Volgograd monumental statue

The neoclassical design of the monumental statue is clearly based on the allegory of France in the famous relief "The Exodus of the Volunteers in 1792", which the French sculptor François Rude in 1833 on behalf of King Louis-Philippe I for the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile in Paris .

A graphic image of the statue can be found on the flag and coat of arms of the Volgograd Oblast .

This memorial to Mother Homeland forms a memorial triptych with the liberator in Treptower Park in Berlin (1946-1949) and the worker behind the front in Magnitogorsk (1979) , depicting the forged sword in Magnitogorsk, the raised sword in Volgograd and the lowered sword shows in Berlin.

Impending tipping

In 2009 the BBC published a report that the statue was tilting dangerously from groundwater undercutting. According to this report, the statue is not connected to the foundation, but only stands on it by its own weight. If the foundation tilts further, there is a risk that the figure will simply fall off. However, a senior official at the Stalingrad Battle Memorial Museum stated that the annual incline was most intense in the years up to 1985 (150 mm in total), has slowed since then (to 50 mm in the last 15 years) and has not yet reached a critical value. In addition, a restoration should start in 2012.

At the beginning of July 2013, a restorer warned that the statue would soon tip over because its weak foundation would no longer hold the 8,000-ton structure and it would rock back and forth. Furthermore, the sword made of concrete must urgently be replaced. All in all, a larger sum is needed to save the monument.

See also

Web links

Commons : Mother Home Statue  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files
  • Main monument on the official website of the memorial The heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad on the Mamaj Hill

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Elena Almazova: The Battle of Stalingrad. (July 17, 1942 - February 2, 1943). International Association of Private Detectives, February 18, 2013, archived from the original on December 17, 2013 ; Retrieved June 18, 2013 .
  2. ↑ Ecotourism. Ecological Academy Russia, archived from the original on January 2, 2013 ; Retrieved May 22, 2011 .
  3. ↑ The Motherland Calls! - Google Sightseeing. Retrieved May 22, 2011 .
  4. ↑ Russian Wikipedia, article Hinterland und Front, ru: Тыл - фронту (монумент)
  5. ↑ Ильин С. Б., Лонгинов А. С., Сульдин А. В .: Всенародная академия . Издательство политической литературы, Moscow 1986, p. 62 .
  6. ↑ Кудзоев О. А .: Скульптурная летопись края . 1989, p. 101 .
  7. ↑ Слука И .: Великая Отечественная война . In: 100 самых знаменитых монет СССР . 2015, p. 17 .
  8. ↑ Монумент скульптура Родина-мать в Волгограде (accessed September 28, 2017).
  9. ↑ Russia's massive leaning statue on BBC News , May 8, 2009.
  10. Jump up ↑ The “Heimat” in Danger in Rossijskaja Gaseta , Southern Russia edition, July 27, 2010 (Russian).
  11. ↑ Ria Novosti: "Iconic Volgograd Statue Could Collapse At Any Time - Expert" from July 6, 2013, viewed on July 6, 2013

Coordinates: 48 ° 44 ′ 32.5 ″  N , 44 ° 32 ′ 13.3 ″  E