The Motherland Calls statue

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monument statue war memorial

The Motherland Calls statue is a colossal World War II memorial in Volgograd, Russia, depicting a sword-wielding woman symbolizing the Motherland’s call to defend the nation.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
The Motherland Calls statue canonical	7
Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex (structural design of main statue)	1
Monument to the Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad	1
The Motherland Calls memorial ensemble	1
The Motherland Calls monument	1
The Motherland Calls monument on Mamayev Kurgan	1
The Motherland Calls statue in Volgograd	1
The Motherland Calls, Mamayev Kurgan, Volgograd	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T316934 — 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: The Motherland Calls statue
Context triple: [Volgograd, knownFor, The Motherland Calls statue]

A. Yuri Gagarin Monument in Moscow
The Yuri Gagarin Monument in Moscow is a towering titanium statue honoring the first human in space, prominently located on Leninsky Prospekt as a symbol of Soviet and Russian space achievements.
B. Lenin Mausoleum
Lenin Mausoleum is the monumental tomb in Moscow’s Red Square where the embalmed body of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin has been publicly displayed since shortly after his death.
C. Karl Marx Monument
The Karl Marx Monument is a massive bronze sculpture of the philosopher’s head in Chemnitz, Germany, serving as a prominent symbol of the city’s socialist-era history.
D. Troitskaya Tower
Troitskaya Tower is one of the main historic towers of the Moscow Kremlin, notable for its distinctive architecture and role as a ceremonial entrance to the fortress complex.
E. Nevsky Gate
Nevsky Gate is a historic riverside entrance of the Peter and Paul Fortress in Saint Petersburg, notable as one of the fortress’s main water gates and a former site of prisoner executions.
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: The Motherland Calls statue
Target entity description: The Motherland Calls statue is a colossal World War II memorial in Volgograd, Russia, depicting a sword-wielding woman symbolizing the Motherland’s call to defend the nation.

A. Yuri Gagarin Monument in Moscow
The Yuri Gagarin Monument in Moscow is a towering titanium statue honoring the first human in space, prominently located on Leninsky Prospekt as a symbol of Soviet and Russian space achievements.
B. Lenin Mausoleum
Lenin Mausoleum is the monumental tomb in Moscow’s Red Square where the embalmed body of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin has been publicly displayed since shortly after his death.
C. Karl Marx Monument
The Karl Marx Monument is a massive bronze sculpture of the philosopher’s head in Chemnitz, Germany, serving as a prominent symbol of the city’s socialist-era history.
D. Troitskaya Tower
Troitskaya Tower is one of the main historic towers of the Moscow Kremlin, notable for its distinctive architecture and role as a ceremonial entrance to the fortress complex.
E. Nevsky Gate
Nevsky Gate is a historic riverside entrance of the Peter and Paul Fortress in Saint Petersburg, notable as one of the fortress’s main water gates and a former site of prisoner executions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	monument ⓘ statue ⓘ war memorial ⓘ
architect	Yevgeny Vuchetich ⓘ
category	Colossal statues ⓘ Outdoor sculptures in Russia ⓘ World War II memorials in Russia ⓘ
commemorates	Soviet soldiers of World War II ⓘ Soviet victory in the Battle of Stalingrad ⓘ
constructionEndDate	1967 ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1959 ⓘ
coordinates	48.7422°N 44.5362°E ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Battle of Stalingrad ⓘ
depicts	Motherland ⓘ allegorical female figure ⓘ
genre	socialist realism ⓘ
hasPart	internal metal framework ⓘ pedestal ⓘ sword ⓘ
height	85 m ⓘ
heightIncludingSword	approximately 85 m ⓘ
heightOfFigureOnly	approximately 52 m ⓘ
heightOfSword	approximately 33 m ⓘ
heritageDesignation	cultural heritage monument of federal significance in Russia ⓘ
inception	1967 ⓘ
languageOfName	Russian ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Volgograd Oblast ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	UTC+3 ⓘ
locatedOn	hill ⓘ
location	Mamayev Kurgan ⓘ linked to: Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex Volgograd ⓘ
materialUsed	concrete ⓘ steel ⓘ
nativeLabel	Родина-мать зовёт! ⓘ linked to: The Motherland Calls
notableWorkOf	Yevgeny Vuchetich ⓘ
operator	Russian government ⓘ linked to: Government of the Russian Federation
owner	Russian Federation ⓘ linked to: Russia
partOf	Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex ⓘ
significantEvent	major restoration works in the 2010s ⓘ
structuralEngineer	Nikolai Nikitin ⓘ
symbolizes	Motherland’s call to defend the nation ⓘ Soviet patriotism ⓘ victory over Nazi Germany ⓘ
unveiled	1967-10-15 ⓘ
visitorType	commemorative delegations ⓘ tourists ⓘ war veterans ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

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

Volgograd → knownFor → The Motherland Calls statue ⓘ

Stalingrad → memorial → The Motherland Calls statue ⓘ

Hall of Military Glory → partOf → The Motherland Calls memorial ensemble ⓘ