The Story Behind Europe's Tallest Statue: The Motherland Calls | National Geographic

At the scale of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., the memorial complex at the Battle of Stalingrad in Volgograd, Russia, includes the tallest statue in Europe: The Motherland Calls. During his World-Cup tour of Russia, National Geographic reporter Sergey Gordeev gives an insider’s look of the hallowed ground where the Soviet army stopped the German advance during World War II.
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[@NatGeo]

As Europe's largest statue, The Motherland Calls is not only a spectacular sight, but also has an important story behind it. What are your thoughts on this memorial complex?

[@BombasticLove87]

Beautiful!!

[@yourroyalhighness7662]

I have only seen it on tv and in photographs and much of it does not get to me. But the statue...she is unreal. Her dimensions are incredible. For example, her outstretched arm is so long that you could park a tractor trailer on it. I believe she is the largest non Buddah type statue in the world.

[@atable_]

Its beautiful

[@Michael-yk1rd]

I think it represents well the price of people has to pay for defending liberty. It's sad though to know that while People of Soviet Union fought and died for freedom of their nation Stalin managed to hijack the whole soviet system just to serve himself. Im just glad that after Stalin died many people that surrounded him denounced him for his tyrannical action.

[@ulrikjensen6841]

@@BombasticLove87 It is NOT beautiful - nowhere near; like the background history of it, it is horryfying - in fact: BOMBASTIC and ultra-fascistoid and nothing to do with peace. There must be other ways to celebrate the german defeat.

[@yourroyalhighness7662]

The Motherland Calls is the most awe inspiring statue I have ever seen.

[@celieboo]

I knew of the statue. The pictures on the internet are gorgeous. I had no idea that it was a part of this breathtaking memorial complex. I cannot wait to travel there someday.

[@yourroyalhighness7662]

@@celieboo It would be great to see it in person. Thank goodness steps were taken to save the statue before disaster struck.

[@romiarkan450]

I visited Volgograd once, looking at the statue gave me chills. Not just for its meaning but also for its sheer size..

[@sounaksengupta5]

Same here. During the World Cup. One day in the sparsely populated city . One afternoon with motherland. All alone at the base. It was a day I will never forget

[@joaolisboa7775]

stalingrad*

[@k-studio8112]

@@joaolisboa7775 Stalingrad is the former name of Volgograd

[@reinpinebook825]

@@k-studio8112 every January the town name changes to Stalingrad

[@JohnnyandmartyYT]

Stalin grad

[@peace606]

Now THIS is how you make a great memorial site. Why is this never mentioned? It is beautifull and has a lot of meaning. This is the first time I know about this.

[@TrollProductionsMC]

Mister Sir same wtf it should be one of the 7 wonders of the world.

[@NatGeo]

It's such an amazing and beautiful memorial, isn't it? We're happy that you were able to learn about the site and the significance it carries.

[@LuisSierra42]

Yeah, the size of the statue is absolutely increadible

[@eldriejunanaja8496]

I thought it was just a depiction of Russian Motherland, It never cross my mind that it was a memorial ground...

[@pumasgoya]

I've personally known about this since I was a kid since I'd read about it in the Guiness book or World Records.

[@Brucey]

*35,000 unidentified soldiers!! Can we just appreciate everyone of them for a second*

[@bluechair6661]

583 minutes of appreciation

[@13Scorpius13]

"Your name is unknown-your feat is immortal."It is written on the tomb of the Unknown soldier-a monument in Moscow, near the Kremlin wall. To date, several million unidentified soldiers and officers have been buried in mass graves. More than a million aren't even buried. In Russia every spring on the ground fighting special search teams continue to find and bury the remains of soldiers killed in the battles for the Motherland. It is possible to identify no more than 20% of cases.

[@himanshuchoudhary2070]

No

[@Brucey]

@@himanshuchoudhary2070 shh

[@thedukeofno]

Just think, Stalin killed 7 - 9 million of his own people.

[@proudtitanicdenier4300]

Statue of Liberty: random statue gifted by France to represent immigration or something sappy like that The Motherland calls: Giant memorial dedicated to the millions of men who died defending their homeland Now guess which one is better known?

[@GFSLombardo]

YES big monuments that celebrate victory in war are usually more "impressive" than monuments that celebrate piddling things like peace, hope, opportunity, personal freedom, and liberty; especially to people with the mentality of a 12 year old. And WOW, sometimes the glorious symbol of "victory" has a gun or a sword and is riding a horsey!!!!(lol) Grow up...

[@soyusmaximus7176]

It wasn't to represent immigration bruh.

[@deadmeme6469]

@Ultra Mega that statue of liberty was gifted after a war that America barely had casualties in, how does that compare to the 27 million deaths who 20 million were Civilians!

[@mrd168]

Dumb. The motherland Call meant to encourage war and statue of liberty stand for freedom ! It's matter of choice.

[@RafusN]

​@@mrd168 People had a choice.... surrender to the enemy or stand to the death and win at all costs

[@jirony7283]

I don't even live anywhere near in Russia but still The Motherland Calls evokes such a strong emontion in me that I can't describe.

[@Littlemissunflowershine]

Same. Now with the war going on I feel different but it’s still on of my favorite statues

[@chinthakagunawardanaict9932]

💐“Nobody is forgotten, nothing is forgotten”💐🙏🙏🙏

[@fgarciz]

In the name of Jesus Christ

[@zloycommentator83]

​@@fgarcizand father God

[@hawaii5078]

In name of the Soviet People

[@zloycommentator83]

@hawaii5078 and Joseph Stalin

[@AzlianaLyana]

Having something like this really does bring a sense of pride, especially to those who have gone through and survived the struggle. Great way to remember and appreciate the past sacrifices. Thanks for sharing National Geographic.

[@nanamarion5003]

To those great men and women of the Russian resistance and army who valiantly battled Adolf Hitler, I salute you as I did and still do our USA Greatest Generation. If only what you fought for ever had materialized what a Wonderful World it would be. Love from Nana.

[@R9MIlano]

God bless those brave soldiers who fought in Stalingrad..they will never be forgotten.

[@kremlinthegremlin1037]

Beautiful statue, probably most symbolic creation and memorial on earth. God Bless!

[@MithunSharma-ym7em]

I was told that the life expectancy of soldiers upon arrival at Stalingrad was just 24 hours... Simply one of the best memorial in the world, just because of western bias towards Russian federation,this monument doesn't find place among many.

[@staticau]

life expectancy was 5 minutes, not 24 hours

[@jayspik6498]

The West never sought or appreciated the sacrifices made by Russia or what was the Soviet Union.. Brainwashing it’s population to demonize everything Russia was as important then, as it is now… Stupid people never learn from the past, when they allow themselves to pick and chose and make up revisionist history for there own propaganda and self agrandissement..

[@bloodygekkon]

In the battle 5 minutes

[@mer3abec]

My grandfather brother gone here in Stalingrad. He was 22.

[@niorpunk1]

🙏🙏

[@Albert_1_of_Belgium]

Russian or German?

[@mer3abec]

@@Albert_1_of_Belgium Russian

[@mer3abec]

@@Albert_1_of_Belgium My grandfather fought on the Baltic. Submarine. Then in blocked Leningrad.

[@Albert_1_of_Belgium]

@@mer3abec I'm going to be honest here, I was not expecting a reply

[@ivanalejandro6184]

“And all the seriousness of pearl harbor” Please, don’t compare the two like that, one lost 2,403 people, the other lost more than 27,000,000. You can’t possibly think they’re equal.

[@Charlie_Loves]

He meant seriousness not magnitude. Learn the difference and quit reaching

[@yuppieMa]

He is not talking about numbers

[@yuppieMa]

@@Charlie_Loves right to the point.

[@veegoevers]

"Africa is massive. It's bigger than 2 football stadiums!"

[@shyamchaturvedi5758]

Pearl harbor is overglorfied by propganda Hollywood movies.....

[@johnchuckman4619]

It is simply the most powerful monumental sculpture ever created. And that is entirely fitting because it commemorates the most titanic battle in all of human history. Its sense of movement and beckoning to the sons of the Soviet Union has no match on earth. Just breathtaking.

[@juicyfruit4378]

It is not the most powerful monumental sculpture ever created - that's just your opinion.

[@LKaramazov]

The mind almost breaks to imagine what would have happened if the city had been taken. A million soldiers lost in the batttle for one city! Stalin was the most monstrous leader in human history, but he made the people into steel.

[@messer722]

@@LKaramazov I can guarantee that the Yankees won't even be able to explain why Stalin was the most monstrous leader.

[@hectorsoci6303]

I am not trying to be mean but you cannot compare stalingrad with pearl harbour. This battle, stalingrad, had almost 5 times more casualties than the US had in all the war. Stalingrad 1.9 million casualties, us during the war: 416,000

[@edgardogarcia2719]

You are right russians were not efficient during the war at all the kill ration of russians units was way below other allied units therefore required huge numbers to achieve same results to defeat a german divisionthere was a huge difference during the war on how each one fought, allied forces always envoyed massive air superiority allowing them to destroy masive german formations with significant lower levels of cassualties russians payis with blood having inferior armor and planes than the germans during the war among other reasons

[@mikejohn2999]

​@@edgardogarcia2719are you slow in your read, most of the fighting happened in the Eastern front, Hitler's focus was never really towards the Western part that's why the Eastern part was that bloody if the intensity of fighting that happened in the east occured in the western side the west would have follen but again the focus was never there and they even had very less soldiers at that area compared to the east

[@Voron770247]

@@edgardogarcia2719 How many divisions fought against America and England? Compare this with the USSR and then you will understand who fought more effectively. Don't forget, the whole of Europe fought against the USSR.

[@redsky8250]

"Anyone who loves freedom owes such a debt to the Red Army that it can never be repaid.” - Ernest Hemingway

[@Joe-gu6oe]

Of course.

[@Breczyszczykiewicz]

Yeah especially Ost-Germans

[@kakalimukherjee3297]

"You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain"

[@thedukeofno]

Yeah, tell that to Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, Finland and Estonia, among others.

[@loona_mew]

@@thedukeofno now they became slaves to the European union Stockholm syndrome

[@Phant0mInfinity]

This statue is mindblowing. I'd love to see it in person some day.

[@celieboo]

Me too!

[@denpobedy7881]

@@celieboo It is something to behold. I recommend it. If you pay attention, every open piece of ground is a mass grave, both in town and to the west in the pocket. Oh, the people are friendly. The food is great. Locals appreciate that travelers come from so far to pay respects.

[@sadedx]

@@denpobedy7881 where is it

[@denpobedy7881]

@@sadedx on a hill in Volgograd(Stalingrad) called Mamaev Kurgan. west bank of Volga River, north of city center and south of factories, near large stadium.

[@sadedx]

@@denpobedy7881 oh that's far away

[@samudrarajput]

"The Motherland Calls" This title gives me goosebumps In India we worship our motherland "Maa Bhaarati" (BhaaratMata) She is the mother of whole nation and we all are her children hence we all are brothers. 🙏🏼

[@Franciscus_the_Collector]

Max Respect for the Russians from Italy!!!!! A Real People!!!!!!

[@Данил-х2р6г]

♥

[@dunderform9272]

This hasn't aged well. Now UN has condemned the invasion as a genocide.

[@zloycommentator83]

Mutual respect to Italian people who did not sellout themselves! 🇷🇺🤝🇮🇹

[@ОлВер-т7л]

​@zloycommentator83Под Сталинградом было уничтожено более двадцати тысяч итальянских солдат и офицеров. Ни один из них не был приглашен в Россию в гости.

[@ОлВер-т7л]

Под Сталинградом было уничтожено более двадцати тысяч итальянских солдат и офицеров. Ни один из них не был приглашен в Россию в гости.

[@milehigh8382]

I'm mesmerized every time I see this monument, she's absolutely amazing!

[@kyoshiroma]

Just to put into perspective for the beloved "UStatetians": All the US casualties (military + civilians) in the ENTIRE WWII times 2.3x; well that's only the number of the military casualties in JUST ONE BATTLE for the USSR in the SAME WAR!!! Now take your time and REALLY think about it.

[@markokampfelt3298]

Every time i watch this glorious statue..i got tears in my eyes...it,s outstanding try to understand,what happened here..in battle of Stalingrad

[@Elena_Dream]

I live in an other side of river Volga, but almost everyday I go for a walk for seen this monument which looks like a couple millimeters :) beautiful view!

[@fromchopin]

Hi from Texas, USA

[@fromchopin]

You should make a KZbin channel too. I live in Texas, USA & live watching videos about your city

[@traveler8052]

Chinese people have a lot of respect for Soviet futuristic architecture and avant-garde sculptures, the Soviet Union was a beacon for mankind in the days when those masterpieces were born, but unfortunately it finally went out

[@denpobedy7881]

I love this city on many levels. As a soldier, it has taught me what to expect and what needs to be done if, God forbid, the enemy is ever at our gates. In winter I saw kids sledding down one side of this place, Their the fallen's) vengeance is the laughter of their children.

[@Obrazoval]

Just... Thank you for this video. Thank you.

[@saikatdas2518]

Love to Russia from India

[@kobie1585]

What a magnificent statue👍👍👍......Hello from Ghana

[@KristinaTravelina]

As a Russian I can say it is very difficult to watch without tears. I visited this city but living there would be pretty hard for me... if you ask any Russian what do they feel no one will able to explain you. War is never good but when conduct experiments on children and other terrible things only one thing comes in mind that people have no humanity..

[@monoskop13]

THEY are trying to bend 'arc of history' in right direction on all western fronts. We, the young people will never forget, who liberated our countries where we grown up in peace: Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Poland, Germany, Romania, etc. And we will pass that facts to our kids, no matter how they try to bend historical facts. Greetings from Slovakia.

[@krasnaslovenka1490]

@@monoskop13

[@maroshero561]

@@krasnaslovenka1490 Tak prisahame :D

[@krasnaslovenka1490]

@@maroshero561 Áno!

[@camille7905]

war is always heart wrenching wherever you are Thankyou for sharing this

[@FairyFrequency]

Incredible! Wishing you a beautiful day x) 🦋

[@DC_p220]

Love and respect from India

[@soarornor]

This is an amazing place that I knew nothing about until recently. I was familiar with the horrors of the Battle of Stalingrad but this Memorial was truly breathtaking. Baklykov Live has a channel here on youtube and just paid a visit to this memorial. He does the most amazing live streams from Russia. He’s based in St Petersburg and regularly walks the city taking along his many viewers. Great channel if one wants to experience modern Russia. His show on the Stalingrad Memorial was one of his best. He filmed inside and outside extensively. I wish more Westerners would take the time to understand Russia and what it went through during WWII. It is key to understanding the current moment.

[@sonic070]

Probably its more right to say: a monument to Soviet soldiers and not just Russian soldiers.

[@marcosffontes]

True

[@gohanescobar]

90% всех солдат РККА этнические русские. Правильнее сказать русским воинам!

[@natalialo2435]

Kind of true but if you look at the numbers, 70% of the Russian Army were Russians, about 15% Ukranians, 4% Belorussian. So most of the soldiers fighting in the war were ethnic slavic people with Russians as the majority.

[@gohanescobar]

@ беларусы и украинцы это русские

[@aaronhapgood6383]

It feels like something that comes from a glorius fantasy so beautiful

[@alphagroup6908]

URA!!!!!!! ❤️Form Thailand 🇹🇭🇷🇺

[@HappiKarafuru]

They said that the place where the statue now standing is where the most fearsome and intense firefight that happen during battle of stalingrad. That hill changing hand many time but ultimately felt back into Russian's hand.

[@everythingiseverything9920]

Wow this entire place looks stunning! I'd like to see it too during a thunderstorm, I bet it must be so cool!

[@jst1334]

Salute to all Russian brothers who laid their lives during world war 2.. from an Indian

[@nkvdkgblavrentiyberianikol1372]

Motherland makes Statue of Liberty look like an action figure

[@sergeanttentacles1359]

The seriousness of Pearl Harbor. Stalingrad was the graveyard of MILLIONS of people, soldiers and civilians alike. Pearl Harbor is nothing compared to that.

[@MrMinermation]

A far more awesome and impressive statue than the statue of liberty. The pose struck is so fantastically full of emotion; I love it!

[@3DHDcat]

😭 I cried... RIP

[@Glorreich]

If this mother calls me I will stand first in her ranks.

[@lunacresentmoon]

Its like she is a guardian watching over the fallen warriors. Kinda reminds me of the celtic goddess the morrigen the goddess of death and war whose job was to guide the lost souls of fallen warriors onto the afterlife. Makes me wonder did the ancient goddesses inspire its design

[@ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e]

Absolutely stunning.

[@WhiteCheddar.]

What a beautiful memorial. 35k unidentified soldiers under that statue is incredible to think about.

[@LBPreviews]

The most impressive statue ever built. No contest.

[@munkhtuvshinmt]

this is literally the only reason why I want to visit Russia

[@pavelkroll]

В России не только этот памятник прекрасен. Много других достопримечательностей. Думаю Россия это лучшее место для жизни

[@richardpowell1772]

You should visit St. Petersburg. It’s even more beautiful than Paris.

[@stevenrodriguez9313]

Beautiful, Just Beautiful!

[@Mig29tvc]

Breathtaking

[@MatlabG]

Spectacular

[@strange_charm_x]

200 steps that represent 200 days of the battle. Also, please correct me if I'm mistaken, the statue points West.

[@АлексейСтрельцов-п6ф]

Raphael Pistor , yes, to the west. This is a triptych. The first statue is located in Magnitogorsk in the Urals, where the worker passes the sword to the war, the second in Volgograd, where he is raised. The third monument in Berlin, where the warrior lowered his sword.

[@renukapadmini2586]

I am From europe I am so proud about Soviet soldiers

[@opie6274]

Epicness !!

[@msf47]

i hope i can visit this one day to pay my respect to all the soviet soldiers that died so we can live free

[@ChromeTecNina]

Most beautiful mega statue on earth

[@JJ-df4kx]

It makes me emotional I’m not even from Russia. It just radiates the feeling of sacrifice. And the willingness to make that sacrifice. To pay the ultimate price.

[@paulschab8152]

I have a Nat Geo 30 year DVD. In 1976 or 1977 the Soviet Union granted a Nat Geo film crew unprecedented access to Volograd.

[@celieboo]

I have wanted to travel to Russia to see this for 13 years. I will get there someday

[@kennethhorne1119]

It is in Kyiv Ukraine..not Russia..

[@self-destruction-t2w]

Это в России в городе Волгоград

[@yungflyherogood1764]

Thanks for the important true facts 👍

[@tommydingo1h547]

It's just like us British we fought for king and country and we two honor our veterans and our soldiers after Gallipoli and Dunkirk and we two also took pride

[@MohamadSabalbal]

Are you serious comparing pearl hurber and stallingrad!!!!!!!

[@carpenterbear]

Beloved Rodina. We love you!!!

[@airport862]

People around the world share many similarities. In Russia, they call it the motherland. Germans called it the fatherland, and in the US it is homeland.

[@havanascp9602]

In the USA homeland is a gov agency. Not what we called the country.

[@Joe-gu6oe]

@@havanascp9602 BS

[@АлександраЗамуленко]

In Russia there's also the word meaning fatherland - "отечество", so..

[@gastonsepulveda9187]

I've just seen the monument in Atomic Heart and I found this video.

[@Albert_1_of_Belgium]

Fun fact: the average life expectancy of a soldier in Stalingrad was 24 hours

[@jeremyjery01]

Not really fun

[@darthzourr1361]

Because of them, we live longer than 24 hours

[@Albert_1_of_Belgium]

@@darthzourr1361 Amen

[@johndunno3376]

Appreciate talking about serious things on the channel

[@slimetruck]

Not Russian but this video made me cry

[@doellison]

Learn something new everyday, thanks

[@dotsdot5608]

i got shivers when it said stalingrad.

[@АринаПятых-р7п]

Прям от души , очень сильно

[@AjiNMoto]

goosebumps and tears!

[@spar0035]

This thing is freakin' gorgeous!

[@lordbasim]

For the motherland always

[@OneMeInMyself]

i am awestruck. this is intense!

[@KA-bv7zg]

God bless you children

[@jurajaryn5510]

věčná čest a sláva Rudé armádě

[@zbynekcodykolacek]

This Nation have followed though path...

[@HoratiuGabrielDragne]

Barry Allen wanted to save his mom. Yet he could not do that without messing with the sacred timeline.

[@Mehmet_Ergin]

In my opinion, the cities should have remained in their old names, in memory of that period.

[@ShortStoryGeek1]

magnificent art

[@MrSupernova111]

Breathtaking!!

[@devinmcgroot7560]

as a son of russian great grandparents who died in the war, i will never forget. Never forgive the germans

[@GPSniper1]

Ukrainian will never forget and never forgive the Russians

[@devinmcgroot7560]

@@GPSniper1 then they should member the 15000 dead in the last 8 years

[@7777777fresh]

@@GPSniper1 Russians don't care about traitors they execute them.

[@Keyboard-wizard]

@@GPSniper1 They'll all forget when they're told. Ukrainians are the most treacherous people of all Slavic. In World War II, Ukrainians fought most of all against their country. The most stupid, ignorant and controlled. That's why the enemy struck, through them. He changed the regime to Russophobic with the help of an unconstitutional coup, which was illegal. Interestingly, if Russia were to check this in Mexico, would it take a long time to wait for an answer? Do not succumb to propaganda, wherever there was US influence, there is death, devastation and destruction. Henry Kissinger wrote: "To be an enemy of America can be dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal". That says a lot.

[@НадяМагомедова-ч5д]

​@@GPSniper1если бы сша не полезли на Украину был бы мир. НАТО лезет к нашим границам всё ближе и ближе

[@gulyaswift1503]

Beautiful

[@woody500z]

Glory to the European peoples.

[@berat8605]

Soviets payed a huge price for hitler’s imperialistic ambitions, hope this never happens again.

[@mr.pointman1930]

Nope. It happen again as NATO is Fourth Reich in disguised and anyone expose it will be lock behind the bar. See what happen to Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning for that.

[@sandralavinia5908]

Rip grandpap WW2 Hero!

[@veggiedisease123]

Nitpick: they weren't "Russian soldiers," they were Soviet soldiers. Every nationality in the Soviet Union was represented in the Red Army: Ukrainians, Belarusians, Armenians, Georgians, Chechens, Azeris, Kazakhs, Buryats, etc, etc.

[@Amine06200]

Glory for them,memory for you

[@paulacoriolano5590]

URAAAAAAAAA *the morale of all soldiers receive a 9999 heavy atack bonus until they reach Berlim*

[@LinkLegend0]

Comparing stalingrad to peal harbor, seriously?

[@jessl1934]

Right? Stalingrad absolutely blows Pearl Harbor out of the water, pun intended.

[@OksanaP-hv8jp]

feels strange to watch this in 2023

[@timcrimmins4821]

Just wow

[@genesisexodus4687]

I wanna visit Stalingrad even more now

[@douglaslyckholm1857]

Genesis Exdous idiot

[@genesisexodus4687]

Kim Jong-Un how supreme leader

[@douglaslyckholm1857]

Its called Volgograd

[@diktatorsovesti5996]

there is now the World Cup

[@grigol101]

Are you a German veteran? But now there is no war, and this city is called Volgograd.

[@jetsgardner5490]

The fact that you thought this statue was only worth a little over two minutes of your time calls into question if this is indeed National Geographic. 👎👎👎👎

[@barsbay7598]

0:33 it's *Soviet soldiers, not just Russian

[@stormshadow5283]

Russian....Stalingrad is Russia

[@shernader]

@@stormshadow5283 stalingrad (now Volgograd) is a city in Russia yes, but it was part of the Soviet Union. People of all soviet nationalities fought there, not just russians

[@stormshadow5283]

@@shernader lmao.....nice cope

[@shernader]

@Storm Shadow cope with what? I don't understand you. I'm just stating facts, not some sort of opinion. It's just more accurate to say soviet instead of russian, because not only russian nationalities fought.

[@stormshadow5283]

@@shernader hahaha 😆

[@edgardogarcia2719]

I think there is a big disparity in the comparison between the statue of liberty and the motherlands call. One statue symbolized the beacon for humanity that embodies of the chart of freedoms protected by law that embodies the US constitution it is not a statue to symbolize national unit through sacrifice but rather symbolizes the strength and unity of those people bond together by the strength of laws that grant freedoms the statue is looking to each and every person arriving to the country through the port of New York. On the other hand the motherland calls is a statue that symbolizes the enormous sacrifices the soviet people under went through the great patriotic war or WWII. you cant compare the statues as they are done with totally different purposes represent totally different values and have totally different meanings one is a soviet national treasure, the other one symbolize ideal that are a humanity treasure beyond borders.

[@christiankalinkina239]

The statue of liberty is a freemason symbol

[@Xilley1]

pretty sure it was just to compare the scale of the statue to something we all know.

[@k-studio8112]

Meanwhile Japan condemns the construction of comfort women statues in south and southeast Asia