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Monument in honor of the great battle on the Volga at Mamaev Kurgan in Volgograd. The Motherland Calls monument to "hero's of the Battle of Stalingrad" on Mamaev Kurgan in Volgograd, Russia. It was designed by sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich and structural engineer Nikolai Nikitin, and declared the tallest statue in the world in 1967. At 85 m (279 ft), it is the tallest statue in Europe and the tallest statue (excluding pedestals) of a woman in the world