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The Motherland Calls
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Volgograd VGG Russia

Status:	built
Construction Dates
Began	1959
Finished	1967

Building Uses

- monument

Structural Types

- statue

Heights	Value	Source / Comments

Spire	279 ft	tip of sword


Head of statue	171 ft	Unconfirmed


Pedestal	7 ft	Unconfirmed

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Description
• Sculptor: E. V. Vuchetich
• Structural engineer: N. V. Nikitin
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