Mother Motherland
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Mother Motherland more correctly translated as Mother Homeland, a poetic appellation to Motherland, is the name of several monuments in various cities of the former Soviet Union. In the Soviet period, this term was used in preference to "Mother Russia
". Motherland is a symbol made during World War II to mobilize the Soviet people however she was only enshrined in propaganda posters during the war. Most of statues of Motherland in big cities and small towns were made after the World War II:
Mother Russia
Mother Russia is a national personification of Russia, appearing in patriotic posters, statues etc. In the Soviet period, the term Mother Motherland was preferred, as representing the multi-ethnic Soviet Union; still, there is a clear similarity between the pre-1917 Mother Russia and the Soviet...
". Motherland is a symbol made during World War II to mobilize the Soviet people however she was only enshrined in propaganda posters during the war. Most of statues of Motherland in big cities and small towns were made after the World War II:
- The Motherland CallsThe Motherland CallsThe Motherland Calls, , also called Mother Motherland, Mother Motherland Is Calling, simply The Motherland, or The Mamayev Monument, is a statue in Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd, Russia commemorating the Battle of Stalingrad. It was designed by sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich and structural engineer...
a statue in Volgograd, Russia, commemorating the Battle of Stalingrad - Mother Motherland (Kiev)Mother Motherland (Kiev)Mother Motherland is a monumental statue of the "Mother Motherland" in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. The sculpture is a part of Museum of the Great Patriotic War, Kiev. Designed by Yevgeny Vuchetich, the titanium statue stands tall upon the museum building with the overall structure measuring ...
, a statue at the World War II memorial, Kiev, Ukraine - Mother Motherland (Saint Petersburg), a statue at the Piskarevskoye Memorial Cemetery, St. Petersburg, Russia
- Mother RussiaMother RussiaMother Russia is a national personification of Russia, appearing in patriotic posters, statues etc. In the Soviet period, the term Mother Motherland was preferred, as representing the multi-ethnic Soviet Union; still, there is a clear similarity between the pre-1917 Mother Russia and the Soviet...
a monument in Kaliningrad, Russia - Mother Motherland Mourning over Her Perished Sons , MinskMinsk- Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...
, Belarus commemorating the dead in Afghanistan - Mother Motherland (Naberezhnye Chelny), a monument in Naberezhnye ChelnyNaberezhnye ChelnyNaberezhnye Chelny is the second largest city in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia.A major industrial center, Naberezhnye Chelny stands on the Kama River some 225 km east of Kazan near Nizhnekamsk Reservoir. It serves as the administrative center of Tukayevsky District, although it is not...
, Russia - Mother Motherland (Pavlovsk), a memorial complex, Pavlovsk, Russia