Monument to Motherland (Kyiv)

Ukraine / Kyyiv / Kiev / Kyiv / vulytsia Novonavodnytska
 statue, 1981_construction, war memorial, military museum, Great Patriotic War
The highest monument in Kiev: the monument-sculpture "Motherland" in the National memorial complex "The Museum of the Great Patriotic War." Its height is 102 m, the sculptor - V. Boroday; Monument opened in 1981; one of the five tallest sculpture in the world.

This monument was created in 1981 in honour of memory to the Second World War.

Altitude:
with pedestal - 102 m.
from pedestal to sword tip - 62 m.
weight - 450 tn.

Sword
length - 16 m.
weight - 9 tn.

Shield:
13 x 8 m.
weight - 13 тn.


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  1. National Museum of Ukrainian History in the Second World War
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Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Motherland_Monument
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Coordinates:   50°25'35"N   30°33'46"E