Motherland Monument

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monument statue war memorial

The Motherland Monument is a towering Soviet-era stainless steel statue in Kyiv that commemorates the Soviet victory in World War II and has become one of the city's most recognizable symbols.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Motherland Monument canonical	7
Motherland Statue	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T820140 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Motherland Monument
Context triple: [Kyiv, hasLandmark, Motherland Monument]

A. Heroes Monument
Heroes Monument is a prominent war memorial in Surabaya, Indonesia, commemorating the heroes of the Indonesian National Revolution.
B. Democracy Monument
The Democracy Monument is a prominent public monument in Bangkok commemorating Thailand’s 1932 transition from absolute monarchy to constitutional rule.
C. Millennium Monument
The Millennium Monument is a semicircular, neoclassical colonnade in Chicago’s Millennium Park that serves as a modern replica of the city’s original 1917 peristyle.
D. Victory Monument
Victory Monument is a major military memorial and central traffic hub in Bangkok, Thailand, commemorating the country’s victory in the Franco-Thai War.
E. Homomonument
Homomonument is a memorial in Amsterdam dedicated to commemorating and raising awareness of the persecution of LGBTQ+ people, particularly during the Nazi era.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Motherland Monument
Target entity description: The Motherland Monument is a towering Soviet-era stainless steel statue in Kyiv that commemorates the Soviet victory in World War II and has become one of the city's most recognizable symbols.

A. Heroes Monument
Heroes Monument is a prominent war memorial in Surabaya, Indonesia, commemorating the heroes of the Indonesian National Revolution.
B. Democracy Monument
The Democracy Monument is a prominent public monument in Bangkok commemorating Thailand’s 1932 transition from absolute monarchy to constitutional rule.
C. Millennium Monument
The Millennium Monument is a semicircular, neoclassical colonnade in Chicago’s Millennium Park that serves as a modern replica of the city’s original 1917 peristyle.
D. Victory Monument
Victory Monument is a major military memorial and central traffic hub in Bangkok, Thailand, commemorating the country’s victory in the Franco-Thai War.
E. Homomonument
Homomonument is a memorial in Amsterdam dedicated to commemorating and raising awareness of the persecution of LGBTQ+ people, particularly during the Nazi era.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	monument ⓘ statue ⓘ war memorial ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Rodina Mat (Russian transliteration) ⓘ
architect	Vasyl Borodai ⓘ Yevhen Vuchetich ⓘ
category	World War II memorial in Ukraine ⓘ outdoor sculpture in Kyiv ⓘ
cityLandmarkStatus	one of the most recognizable symbols of Kyiv ⓘ
constructionMethod	welded stainless steel sheets ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1979 ⓘ
coordinates	approximately 50.426°N 30.563°E ⓘ
country	Ukraine ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Soviet soldiers of the Second World War ⓘ victory over Nazi Germany ⓘ
designer	Vasyl Borodai ⓘ Yevhen Vuchetich ⓘ
era	Soviet era ⓘ
hasPart	shield ⓘ sword ⓘ
hasViewingPlatform	yes ⓘ
height	about 62 meters (statue only) ⓘ
heightIncludingBase	about 102 meters ⓘ
heritageDesignation	monument of national importance in Ukraine ⓘ
imageOnShield	Soviet state emblem (historical) ⓘ linked to: state emblem of the Soviet Union Ukrainian trident (since 2023) ⓘ
inception	1981 ⓘ
locatedIn	Kyiv ⓘ Pechersk district ⓘ linked to: Pecherskyi District
locatedOn	right bank of the Dnipro River ⓘ
maintainedBy	National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War ⓘ
materialUsed	stainless steel ⓘ
modificationDate	2023 (replacement of Soviet emblem with Ukrainian trident) ⓘ
nativeName	Батьківщина-Мати ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage	uk ⓘ
notableFeature	one of the tallest statues in Europe ⓘ prominent landmark of Kyiv skyline ⓘ
officialOpeningDate	1981-05-09 ⓘ
ownedBy	state of Ukraine ⓘ
partOf	National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War ⓘ
purpose	commemoration of the Soviet victory in the Second World War ⓘ
symbolizes	Motherland ⓘ defense of the homeland ⓘ
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ
weight	over 500 tons (approximate) ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kyiv → hasLandmark → Motherland Monument ⓘ

Pecherskyi District → contains → Motherland Monument ⓘ

National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War → hasPart → Motherland Monument ⓘ

National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War → significantBuilding → Motherland Monument ⓘ

Батьківщина-Мати → alsoKnownAs → Motherland Monument ⓘ

Rodina Mat → alsoKnownAs → Motherland Monument ⓘ

subject linked to: Rodina Mat (Russian transliteration)

Rodina Mat → alsoKnownAs → Motherland Statue ⓘ

subject linked to: Rodina Mat (Russian transliteration)

linked to: Motherland Monument

Vasyl Borodai → notableWork → Motherland Monument ⓘ

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