Mother Motherland
There are some more Mother Motherland monuments on the area of former SSSR, one of the biggest is located in Volgograd. This one -- the Kiev one -- is very big, too. 62 meters tall, weighing 530 tons, the sword 16 m long weighing 9 tons, left hand holding up a 13 m by 8 m shield. -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Motherland_(Kiev)
Taken by haschek with a Lomography Fisheye No. 2 loaded with ISO 400 film in Kiev, Ukraine. These tags describe this photo: ww2, monument, farmer's boulevard, and east europe tour 2009. This photo can also be found in the album Farmer's Boulevard East Europe Tour 2009.
Please login to get more out of this site
You are currently not logged in, do so now to add comments, like articles as well as photos, submit to competitions, translate articles and gain access to unlimited photo upload! If you are not registered yet, go here to find out more about Lomography and join now! If you just want a limited account for now you can use Twitter or Facebook. We would love to have you as a member here!
One person likes this photo
Liking photos helps us to present the best ones to you and others. One person likes this photo. One person likes this photo: -a-l-b-e-r-t-o-.
Where is this?
Nearby popular photos – see more
Nearby LomoLocations
Memorial to the Holodomor Victims (Kiev, Ukraine)
Seventy-eight years ago, a famine killed (according to various estimates) between seven to 1…
Baikove Cemetary: Kiev's Necropolis
Perhaps it's a bit strange to visit a cemetery on a holiday, but after two days of busy Kiev…
St. Sophia Cathedral (Kiev, Ukraine)
St. Sophia of Kiev is the main cathedral in this city and it has been a dream of mine to fin…
Kiev
Kiev is one of the hero-cities of the Soviet Union. This status was passed only to a very fe…
No comments yet, be the first