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Mother Ukraine (Ukrainian: Україна-Мати, romanized: Ukraina-Maty [ʊkrɐˈjinɐ ˈmɑtɪ]) is a monumental Soviet-era statue in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. The sculpture is a part of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War . [ 1 ]
It had been erected in 1946. On June 30, 2009, the nose of the statue and part of the left hand were destroyed. [14] [15] [16] The statue was restored (at the expense of the Communist Party of Ukraine) [17] and re-unveiled on November 27, 2009, by Petro Symonenko, leader of the Communist Party of Ukraine.
The towering Mother Ukraine statue in Kyiv — one of the nation’s most recognizable landmarks — lost its hammer-and-sickle symbol on Sunday as officials replaced the Soviet-era emblem with ...
Statue of Jesus Christ at Buntu Burake Hill, South Sulawesi, Indonesia [4] Jesus Blessed Sibea-bea or more often referred to as the Statue of Jesus in Sibea-bea, Samosir, North Sumatra, Indonesia, a statue monument with a height of 61 meters. [5] Statue of Sacred Heart of Jesus in Merauke, South Papua, Indonesia
Zbruch Idol, Kraków Archaeological Museum Zbruch Idol. The Zbruch Idol, Sviatovid (Worldseer, Polish: Światowid ze Zbrucza; Ukrainian: Збручанський ідол) is a 9th-century limestone sculpture idol, [1] and one of the few monuments of pre-Christian Slavic beliefs [citation needed] (according to another interpretation, it was created by the Kipchaks/Cumans).
The Boim Chapel (Ukrainian: Капли́ця Боїмів, Polish: Kaplica Boimów) is a monument of religious architecture in Cathedral Square, Lviv, Ukraine. It was constructed from 1609 to 1615 and is part of Lviv's Old Town , a UNESCO World Heritage Site .
Cristo de la Concordia (Christ of Peace) is a statue of Jesus Christ located atop San Pedro Hill, to the east of Cochabamba, Bolivia. It is accessible by cable car, or by climbing 2,000 steps. The statue is 33.44 metres (109.7 ft) tall, on a pedestal of 6.24 metres (20.5 ft), for a total height of 39.68 metres (130.2 ft).
Ukrainian soldiers returning from the front lines in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region — where Russia is waging a fierce offensive — describe life during what has turned into a grueling war of ...