Talk:Mamayev Kurgan

message: A Kurgan is often an artificial hill, raised as a burial mound. Is this a true kurgan, or does the word mean a natural hill as well? Wetman 20:32, 5 Apr 2004 (UTC)

message: It seems like there's a qualifier missing in the statement that "The Motherland Calls" was the tallest statue in the world when it was erected. The Statue of Liberty is considerably taller; 93 meters versus 85. Maybe it was the tallest statue made out of that material? Or maybe the highest-reaching statue, because of the hill? (The latter seems silly, like a kid standing on a chair and saying he's taller, so that's probably not it.) Does anyone know what the qualifier should be here? It should be included. Kafziel 15:29, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, half of the height of the statue of liberty comes from its pedestal (both statue and pedestal are roughly 50 meters high). This one here is all statue and 85 meters high. Depends on how you measure, I guess. Peter S. 23:42, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Then again, Mauna Kea is higher than Mount Everest; it's just that Everest's base is higher, while the other is mainly below the ocean. · AO Talk 16:18, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tallest statue? 

message: Question about the line "The monument, designed by Yevgeny Vuchetich, has the full name "The Motherland Calls!" (Rodina Mat' Zovyot!)." Isn't this redundant, since "rodina" is motherland and "mat" is mother? Kari marie 17:03, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, in Russian it's not redundant, because even though "rodina" is often rendered in English as "motherland", it doesn't explicitly invoke the word "mother". The phrase in Russian clearly implies a personification, which "Rodina mat'" by itself wouldn't.  That's why sometimes the name is rendered as "Mother Motherland Calls" which more accurately reflects the original even though it grates on the English speaker's ear. My own preference would be something like "Mother Country Calls" (but of course for the article we need to stick with conventional names). Gr8white (talk) 17:09, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name Question 

message: I have several photos of Mamayev Kurgan and other Volgograd sites.  If anyone thinks any of them would be useful for this article or any others I'd be happy to upload and license them.
Gr8white (talk) 20:38, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Photos

message: A very similar image to the lead of this article has been nominated for deletion on Commons, on the basis that the statue is copyrighted and there is no acceptable freedom of panorama in Russia; see :Commons:Commons:Deletion requests/File:Rodina mat zovet.jpg. If deleted, it is likely that the lead image of this article will also be deleted; it may however be re-uploaded here at a lower resolution under fair use. Dcoetzee 07:50, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deletion notice 

message: I visited Mamayev kurgan this week and the sword appears to be made of concrete just like the rest of the statue.  I suppose there is a remote chance that the stainless steel's patina has come to resemble that of old concrete, but it looks very much like the rest of the structure, including the texture.  Perhaps the steel reinforcing in the sword was made of stainless?  Are there any citations to support the case that the sword is made of stainless steel?  In any case the sword is an impressive engineering feat. 85.173.79.192 (talk) 12:56, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stainless steel sword?