The Motherland Calls

The Motherland Calls is a colossal neoclassicist and socialist realist war memorial sculpture on in , Russia. Designed primarily by sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich with assistance from architect Yakov Belopolsky, the concrete sculpture…
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  • Work of art
  • …is a statue
  • …stands 85 metres (279 feet) tall
  • Description: Volgograd monumental sculpture for heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad
  • Also known as
    “Homeland-Mother”
    “Homeland-Mother Is Calling”
    “The Mamayev Monument”
    “The Motherland”
  • Established: October 15th, 1967

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mamayev Kurgan and Railway Station Mamayev Kurgan.

Peak
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is a hill and memorial complex overlooking the city of in .

Railway stop
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is a railway stop, which is situated 540 metres southeast of The Motherland Calls.

Museum
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is situated 3 km south of The Motherland Calls.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Volgograd and Krasnoslobodsk.

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is a large city along the west bank of the Volga River in .

Town
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is a town in … is situated 4½ km south of The Motherland Calls.

Village
is a rural locality in Krasnoslobodsk… is situated 8 km southeast of The Motherland Calls.

The Motherland Calls

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Latitude
48.74236° or 48° 44′ 33″ north
Longitude
44.53713° or 44° 32′ 14″ east
Open location code
8HW6PGRP+WV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1027346638
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­statue
Wiki­data ID
Q1601986

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“The Motherland Calls” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Die Moederland Roep”
  • Arabic: “الوطن الأم ينادي”
  • Arabic: “تمثال الوطن الأم ينادي”
  • Aragonese: “Estatua d’a Mai Patria”
  • Armenian: “Մայր հայրենիքը կանչում է”
  • Asturian: “Estatua de la Madre Patria”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ana Vətən çağırır!”
  • Bashkir: “Ватан-әсә (Волгоград)”
  • Bashkir: “Ватан-әсә”
  • Basque: “Ama Aberriaren Deia!”
  • Belarusian: “Радзіма-маці, Валгаград”
  • Belarusian: “Радзіма-маці”
  • Bulgarian: “Родината-майка зове”
  • Burmese: “အမိမြေမှ ခေါ်သံ”
  • Catalan: “La Mare Pàtria us crida!”
  • Chechen: “Даймохк-нана (Волгоград)”
  • Chechen: “Даймохк-нана”
  • Chinese: “祖国母亲在召唤”
  • Chinese: “祖国母亲在召喚”
  • Croatian: “Majka Domovina”
  • Czech: “Matka vlast volá”
  • Danish: “Mamajev-monumentet ‘Moder Rusland Kalder’”
  • Danish: “Moderlandet kalder”
  • Dutch: “Het moederland roept”
  • Dutch: “Het Moederland Roept”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الوطن الام بينادى”
  • Esperanto: “La Patrio Alvokas”
  • Finnish: “Äiti synnyinmaa”
  • French: “statue de la Mère-Patrie”
  • French: “Statue de la Mère-Patrie”
  • Galician: “A Nai Patria chámavos!”
  • Georgian: “დედა-სამშობლო (ვოლგოგრადი)”
  • Georgian: “დედა-სამშობლო”
  • German: “Mutter-Heimat-Statue”
  • Greek: “Η Μητέρα Πατρίδα Καλεί”
  • Hebrew: “אמא מולדת”
  • Hindi: “द मदरलैण्ड़ कॉल्स”
  • Hungarian: “Hív a szülőföld”
  • Indonesian: “Ibu Pertiwi Memanggil”
  • Italian: “La Madre Patria chiama!”
  • Italian: “Statua della Madre Patria”
  • Japanese: “母なる祖国像”
  • Korean: “조국의 어머니상”
  • Latvian: “Dzimtene Māte sauc”
  • Latvian: “Māte Dzimtene sauc”
  • Lithuanian: “Tėvynė-motina šaukia”
  • Malayalam: “ദ മദർലാൻഡ് കാൾസ്”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “«Moderlandet kaller»”
  • Norwegian: “«Moderlandet kaller»”
  • Persian: “تندیس مام میهن فرامی‌خواند”
  • Persian: “یادمان مام میهن فرامی‌خواند”
  • Polish: “Matka Ojczyzna Wzywa!”
  • Polish: “Matka Ojczyzna wzywa”
  • Portuguese: “A Mãe Pátria Está Chamando”
  • Portuguese: “Mãe Pátria”
  • Romanian: “Patria Mamă”
  • Russian: “Родина-мать зовёт!”
  • Russian: “Родина-мать зовёт”
  • Russian: “Родина-мать”
  • Russian: “Скульптура «Родина-мать зовёт!»”
  • Russian: “Скульптура «Родина-мать»”
  • Serbian: “Мајка отаџбина зове!”
  • Slovenian: “Klic matere domovine”
  • Slovenian: “Mati domovina”
  • Spanish: “Estatua de la Madre Patria”
  • Spanish: “La patria llama”
  • Swedish: “Fosterlandet kallar”
  • Tagalog: “Inang-Bayan”
  • Tamil: “தாய்நாடு அழைக்கிறது”
  • Tatar: “Ana-Watan”
  • Tatar: “Watan-Ana”
  • Thai: “มาตุภูมิเพรียกหา”
  • Turkish: “Anavatan Çağırıyor”
  • Turkish: “Anayurt Çağırıyor”
  • Ukrainian: “Батьківщина-Мати”
  • Ukrainian: “Скульптура «Батьківщина-Мати»”
  • Uzbek: “Rodina-mat (Volgograd)”
  • Uzbek: “Rodina-mat”
  • Vietnamese: “Mẹ Tổ quốc kêu gọi”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Мамаев курган and Малая братская могила.

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