Rodina Mat (Russian transliteration)

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Rodina Mat is a monumental Soviet-era statue in Kyiv, Ukraine, symbolizing the nation's strength and victory in World War II.

All labels observed (3)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf landmark ⓘ
monumental statue ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
war memorial ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Batkivshchyna-Maty ⓘ
linked to: Batkivshchyna

Motherland Monument ⓘ
Motherland Statue ⓘ
linked to: Motherland Monument

Rodina-Mat ⓘ
associatedWith National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War complex ⓘ
builtBy Soviet Union ⓘ
category Colossal statues ⓘ
Monuments and memorials in Kyiv ⓘ
World War II memorials in Ukraine ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1979 ⓘ
country Ukraine ⓘ
currentSymbolicContext Ukrainian national identity ⓘ
designer Yevgeny Vuchetich ⓘ
engineer Nikolai Nikitin ⓘ
era Soviet era ⓘ
function memorial to the Great Patriotic War ⓘ
governingBody Government of Ukraine ⓘ
hasObservationDeck yes ⓘ
heightIncludingPedestal about 102 meters ⓘ
heritageStatus one of the tallest statues in Europe ⓘ
one of the tallest statues in the world ⓘ
holdsInLeftHand shield ⓘ
holdsInRightHand sword ⓘ
inaugurationDate 1981 ⓘ
languageOfCurrentOfficialName Ukrainian ⓘ
languageOfOriginalName Russian ⓘ
lighting illuminated at night ⓘ
locatedIn Kyiv ⓘ
Pechersk district ⓘ
linked to: Pecherskyi District
locatedNear Dnipro River ⓘ
linked to: Dnieper

Kyiv Pechersk Lavra ⓘ
material stainless steel ⓘ
modificationDateOfShieldEmblem 2023 ⓘ
originalPoliticalContext Soviet patriotic propaganda ⓘ
partOf National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War ⓘ
shieldInscriptionOriginal State Emblem of the Soviet Union ⓘ
shieldInscriptionReplacedWith Tryzub (coat of arms of Ukraine) ⓘ
linked to: Tryzub
statueHeight about 62 meters ⓘ
symbolizes defense of the homeland ⓘ
national strength ⓘ
victory in the Second World War ⓘ
theme Soviet victory over Nazi Germany ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Motherland Monument → alsoKnownAs → Rodina Mat (Russian transliteration) ⓘ
Батьківщина-Мати → alsoKnownAs → Rodina-Mat (російською) ⓘ
linked to: Rodina Mat (Russian transliteration)
Rodina Mat → alsoKnownAs → Rodina-Mat ⓘ
linked to: Rodina Mat (Russian transliteration)