Yevgeny Vuchetich
Soviet·1908–1974
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Yevgeny Vuchetich (1908-1974) was a Soviet sculptor who created some of the largest monumental sculptures of the 20th century. His most famous work is The Motherland Calls (1967) in Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad), an 279-foot figure of a woman raising a sword, one of the tallest statues in the world.
Vuchetich also created the Soviet War Memorial in Berlin's Treptower Park, featuring a Soviet soldier holding a child and crushing a swastika. His Let Us Beat Swords into Plowshares bronze was presented to the United Nations in 1959 and stands in the UN garden.
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About Yevgeny Vuchetich
The Motherland Calls (1967) in Volgograd, Russia: a 279-foot figure of a woman raising a sword, commemorating the Battle of Stalingrad. It was the tallest statue in the world when built.
The Motherland Calls is in Volgograd, Russia. The Soviet War Memorial is in Berlin's Treptower Park. Let Us Beat Swords into Plowshares stands in the United Nations garden in New York.
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