Top 10 Tallest Monument #7

This one is nice, I like it more than the others. Sword wielding maiden with triumph pose. What more could you ask for?

7. "The Motherland" statue, Volgograd, Russia

"The Motherland" is a monumental statue by sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich commemorating the Battle of Stalingrad and dedicated in 1967. The significant structural engineering challenges of the 84 meter tall, 7900 ton sculpture were handled by Nikolai Nikitin. Measured from the tip of her sword to the top of the plinth, the distance is 85 meters. It is located on Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd.