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Old 05-09-2009, 01:28 PM   #1
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Mother Motherland about to collapse

The famous "Mother Motherland Calls" statue in Volgograd is about to collapse. The statue is currently leaning due to ground water level changes causing movement of the foundations and is rapidly getting worse. The statue is not fixed to its foundations and is held in place only by its weight. It has moved by 20cm (8 inches), and is not expected to be able to move much further without collapsing. More than 7,000,000 Dollars are needed to fix it.

The statue consists of 7900 tons of concrete and is 85 meters (279 feet) high, making it the tallest sculpture in the world when the memorial was finished in 1967. It commemorates the Battle of Stalingrad and is a famous symbol of Volgograd and the memory of the Great Patriotic War.

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Old 05-09-2009, 03:01 PM   #2
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Re: Mother Motherland about to collapse

I really hope they are able to stabilize it. I have seen it a few times in person and it is always quite moving (no pun).

Amazing to see it from the air!

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Old 05-09-2009, 07:51 PM   #3
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Re: Mother Motherland about to collapse

It cant collapse! I havent seen it yet! Nooooo!
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Old 05-10-2009, 02:39 AM   #4
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Re: Mother Motherland about to collapse

Same for me.

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Old 05-10-2009, 02:42 PM   #5
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Re: Mother Motherland about to collapse

Me three!!!
I have to go see it!!!

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Old 05-10-2009, 04:20 PM   #6
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Re: Mother Motherland about to collapse

Go go go!

And by the way, both around the statue as well as elsewhere in the city and of course in the surrounding country side there's lots more interesting things to see.

Also, Volgograd - considering its size - is a very relaxing city to spend a few days (translation: not much else to do!)
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Old 05-10-2009, 10:50 PM   #7
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I guess they should invest some petro-dollars into it, to preserve the most important memorial of the battle of Stalingrad!
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Sigh. I hope they can do something similar to the tower at Pisa to level it a bit.
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