Mother Motherland (Kiev)

Mother Motherland (Kiev)

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name = Mother Motherland Monument


caption = Mother Motherland Monument
location = Kiev, Ukraine
coords = coord|50.426521|N|30.563187|E|display=inline,title
established = 1981

"Mother Motherland" ( _ru. Родина-Мать) is a monumental statue of the "Motherland" in Kiev, Ukraine. The sculpture is a part of Museum of the Great Patriotic War, Kiev. built by Yevgeny Vuchetich stands 62 meters tall upon the museum building with the overall structure measuring 102 m and weighing 530 tons. The sword in the statue's right hand is 16 m long weighing 9 tons, with the left hand holding up a 13 m by 8 m shield with the Coat of arms of the Soviet Union. The Memorial hall of the Museum displays marble plaques with carved names of more than 11,600 soldiers and over 200 workers of the home-front honored during the war with the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union and the Hero of Socialist Labor. On the hill beneath the museum, the traditional flower shows are held.


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