You can safely call it the art of the highest level literally and figuratively. Statues from ancient times for people were a way to show their loyalty to religion or leave the memory of a significant historical personality. Obviously, the more the statue, the greater its greatness, so here is the top 10 of the highest statues in the world. Perhaps you have already visited places from the following and sculptures made an indelible impression on you, share your experience.

For example, I used to, of course, in Moscow and saw a monument to Peter Great, and also photographed in New York with the Statue of Freedom, there are plans to visit Rio de Janeiro and climb to the statue of Christ the Redeemer.

10. Statue of Christ-Redeemerwith open hands is located on the top of the Corcovad Mountain in Rio de Janeiro, is a symbol of the city and Brazil as a whole. The height of one of the most famous statues in the world is 38 m.

9. Monument-sculpture "Motherland", Located in Kiev on the shore of the Dnieper, towers in the sky at 62 m and is 102 meters along with the pedestal.

8. Statue "Motherland-Mother calls!"Volgograd, standing in the Russian city, is devoted to the "heroes of the Stalingrad battle." The total height of the monument is 85 m. The statue is a way of the Motherland, which calls their sons to fight the enemy.

7. Statue of Freedom (illuminating the world) - perhaps the most famous sculpture in the world, often called the US symbol. There is a copper statue on the island of freedom in New York, her height is 93 m including base.

6. Sculptural Monument to Peter I. in Moscow. Monument to the height of 98 m from bronze and stainless steel, installed on artificial island The merger of the Moscow River and the Owl Canal. The monument was developed by the Georgian architect Zurab Tsereteli and there is an unofficial opinion that the sculpture was initially devoted to Christopher Columbus, but being rejected by the American government, it was sold to Russia as a representation of Peter the Great.

5. Buddha statue - Sendai Dai Cannon Located in the Japanese city of Sendai. This sixth altitude statue in the world with a height of 100 m, has an elevator for tourists who can climb to the top of the statue and enjoy a breathtaking view.

4. Sculpture two first emperors China Jan.and Juan.Are in the city of Zhengzhou in China. The height of the sculptures is 106 m, which are the fifth in the altitude of the statue in the world.

3. Statue of Goddess Guagiain in Sanya 108 m height is located on the island of Hainan in China. The statue has three persons, one of which is drawn to the mainland of China, and the other two - to South China Seablessing China.

2. Bronze statue of Buddha Master Daibutsu Installed in Japan in the city of Master. Its height along with the platform and pedestal in the form of a lotus flower is 120 m. Tourists who want to admire the surroundings can rise on the elevator to the surveillance platform at an altitude of 85 meters.

- This is the largest statue in the world made of copper. Located in Henan Province in China. Its height is 128 m, including a pedestal, but if you still take into account the hill, on which the statue is located, then the height will be 208 m.

Sculpture "Motherland-Mother calls!" It is the composite center of the architectural ensemble "Heroes of the Stalingrad Battle", is a 52-meter figure of a woman, rapidly going forward and calling his sons. In the right hand, the sword is 33 m (weight 14 tons). The height of the sculpture is 85 meters. The monument is on a 16 meter foundation. The height of the main monument speaks of its scale and uniqueness. The total weight is 8 thousand tons. The main monument is the modern interpretation of the image of an ancient nickname - the goddess of victory - calls for their sons and daughters to repel the enemy, continue further offensive.

The construction of the Memorial was enormous. There were no restrictions in the means and building materials. When creating a monument, the best creative forces were involved. Evgeny Viktorovich Vinchech was appointed the main sculptor and head of the project, who had already created a monument of the Soviet army to the Warriors of the Soviet Army in the Trept-Park in Berlin and the sculpture of Swords on Oral, which still decorates the area in front of the UN in New -Yorka. The architects of Belopolsky and Demin, sculptors of sailors, Novikov and Turenkov helped. At the end of construction, they were all awarded by the Leninist Prize, and the Golden Star of the Hero of Socialist Labor was also awarded to Vuchetch. The head of the Engineering Group, working on the construction of the Memorial, was N.V. Nikitin is the future creator of the Ostankino Tower. Marshal V.I. became the main military consultant Chuikov - the commander of the army, stood, the reward that was the right to be buried here, next to the dead fighters: along the serpentine, in the hill, the remains of 34,505 soldiers - defenders of Stalingrad, as well as 35 granite tombstones of the Heroes of the Soviet Union, Battle Participants near Stalingrad


Construction of Monument "Motherland"it was started in May 1959 and completed on October 15, 1967. The sculpture at the time of creation was the world's highest in the world. Restoration work on the main monument of the ensemble monument was carried out twice: in 1972 and 1986. There is also an opinion that the statue was modulated like the figure "Mosselease" on the Triumphal Arch in Paris and that the statue's posture was inspired by the statue of the Nickie Samofraki. Indeed, there is some similarity. On the first photo of Marselyza, and Nika Samofarakaya

And on this photo Motherland mother

The sculpture is made of pre-stressed reinforced concrete blocks - 5,500 tons of concrete and 2400 tons of metal structures (without base on which it costs). Total monument height " Motherland calls"- 85 meters. It is installed on a concrete foundation of 16 meters deep. The height of a female figure is 52 meters (mass - more than 8 thousand tons).

The statue stands on the plate with a height of only 2 meters, which rests on the main foundation. This foundation is 16 meters high, but it is almost not visible - most of it is hidden under the ground. Statue stands freely on the plate, like a chess piece on the board. The thickness of the reinforced concrete walls of the sculpture is only 25-30 centimeters. Inside the rigidity of the frame supported ninety-nine metal cables constantly in tension


Sword 33 meters long and 14 tons weight. The sword was originally made of stainless steel, covered by Titan's sheets. In a strong wind, the sword was swinging, and the sheets thundered. Therefore, in 1972, the blade was replaced by another - entirely consisting of fluorinated steel. And from the wind problems got rid of blinds in the top of the sword. There are very few similar sculptures in the world, for example, the Statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro,. For comparison, the height of the statue of freedom from a pedestal is 46 meters.


The most complex calculations of the stability of this design were made by Dr. Technical Sciences N. V. Nikitin - the author of the calculation of the sustainability of the Ostankino television. At night, the statue is illuminated by spotlights. "The horizontal displacement of the upper part of the 85 meter monument currently amounted to 211 millimeters or 75% of the permissible calculations. Deviations go from 1966. If from 1966 to 1970, the deviation was 102 millimeters, from 1970 to 1986 - 60 millimeters, until 1999 - 33 millimeters, from 2000-2008 - 16 millimeters, "said the director of the State Historical and Memorial Museum-Reserve" Stalingrad Battle "Alexander Velichkin.

The sculpture of "Motherland-Mother calls" is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the biggest sculpture of the statue in the world. Its height is 52 meters, hand length - 20 and sword - 33 meters. The total height of the sculpture is 85 meters. The weight of the sculpture is 8 thousand tons, and the sword is 14 tons (for comparison: in the height of 46 meters; 38 meters). At the moment, the statue ranks 11th in the list of the highest statues of the world. Motherland faces collapse due to groundwater. Experts say that if the tilt of the statue increases by another 300 mm., It can collapse because of any, even the most insignificant reason

A 70-year-old pensioner Valentina Ivanovna Isotova lives in Volgograd, from which 40 years ago sculpture "Mother's Mother calls". Valentina Ivanovna - a humble man. For more than 40 years, she was silent that as a simulator picked up sculptors, weathered almost the most famous sculpture in Russia - Motherland. It was silent, because in Soviet times to talk about the profession of the table was, to put it mildly, indecently, the more married woman raising two daughters. Now Valya Isotova is already a grandmother and willingly suggest that the distant episode in his youth, who now has become hardly the most significant event of his whole life


In those distant 60s, Valentine was 26 years old. She worked as a waitress in prestigious, according to Soviet standards, the restaurant "Volgograd". This institution visited all the famous guests of the city on the Volga, and our heroine saw Fidel Castro, Emperor Ethiopia, Swiss ministers with their own eyes. Naturally, there could be a girl only with real Soviet appearance during lunch. What is meant, you probably have already guessed. Strict face, purposeful look, sports figure. It is not by chance once to Valentine with a conversation approached the frequent guest "Volgograd" Young sculptor Lion Maystrenko. He conspiracy told the young interlocutor about the sculpture, which they, together with his comrades, should do for the sculptor Evgenia Vuchetich, in those days already named. Mastrenko went around for a long time and about, scattered before the waitress in the compliments, and then suggested posing it. The fact is that the Moscow simulator, who arrived in the province directly from the capital, did not like local sculptors. It was too arrogant and fuzzled. Yes, and the face of "mother" was not like.

I thought for a long time, - remembers Isota, - sometimes there were strict, and my husband was forbidden. But then the spouse was walked, and I gave the guys my consent. Who in youth was not started in various adventures?

The adventure turned into serious work, which lasted two years. Valentina's candidacy for the role of Mother Mother's role argued. He, having heard the arguments of his colleagues in favor of a simple Volgograd waitress, nodded affirmatively, and began. Posying turned out to be a very difficult occupation. Standing for a few hours a day with stretched hands and the left foot put the left foot was tedious. According to the plan of sculptors, the sword was intended in the right hand, but Valentine, so as not to tire heavily, put a long stick in her palm. At the same time, she had to give his face inspired, the expression calling on the feats.

The guys insisted: "Valya, you must call behind you. You are the motherland-mother!" And I called, for which I paid 3 rubles per hour. Imagine what the clock stand with an open mouth.

Was during work and one spicy moment. Sculptors insisted that Valentine, as likely in a simulator, posed nude, but isota resisted. Suddenly the husband will go. First, they came together on a separate bathing suit. True, then the upper part of the swimsuit had to remove. Breasts should work out as natural. By the way, there was no tunic on the university. This already twitched himself threw the robe on the "homeland". The finished monument our heroine saw a few days later, after his official discovery. It was interesting to look at yourself from the side: a face, hands, legs - all native, only from stone and growth of 52 meters. Since then, more than 40 years have passed. Valentina Isotova Live-Healthy and is proud to be a monument to her in life. For a long life.

The sculpture of "Motherland-Mother calls", created by E.V.V.Vutshech, has an amazing property of the psychological impact on everyone who sees it. As the author managed to achieve this, you can only guess. Acute critical comments against his creation: She de and hypertrophied monumental, and frankly similar to Marselase, adorning the Parisian triumphal arch, is absolutely not explained by her phenomenon. It is impossible to forget that for the sculptor who survived the war of war, this monument, as, however, and the entire memorial, - first of all, the tribute to the memory of the fallen, and then - the reminder is alive, which, by his conviction, and so never be able to forget

Sculpture Motherland, together with Mamaev Kurgan, is the finalist of the competition

We hope that we will live out when it is a tool mass media It will fall into the rating "the most weakly media that did not live to the present day."

Motherland

Why, when creating a monument of heroic defense of Stalingrad, was this image? There is an opinion that the sculpture of Evgeny Vuctech took the image of Nika Selfraki, also a bas-relief with Marselease in Paris could affect creative intent, where a woman with a sword was depicted.

The Motherland's Mother's Major itself became one of the main images of Soviet propaganda after in 1941, Irakli Taidze was created, perhaps the most famous campaign poster of the Great Patriotic War "Mother's mother calls."

Sculpture at the Mamaev Kurgan in this way is an allegorical way of the Motherland, which is the name of his sons to battle with the enemy. Evgeny Vuctech came to this image not immediately. Initially, the project assumed the presence of two figures (a woman and a cranked soldier), in the hand of the mother-mother-mother should not keep a sword, but a red banner.

Dimensions

The construction of the monument began in May 1959 and was completed on October 15, 1967. At the time of creation, the sculpture was the highest monument in the world. Its total height is 85 meters, weight - 8 thousand tons. The calculations of the monument did Nikolai Nikitin, who before participated in the design of Moscow State University and the Ostankino Tower. The statue height was determined by Nikita Khrushchev, who ultimatically stated that it should be higher than the Statue of Freedom in the United States. In comparison with the growth of a person, the figure "Mother's Mother's Mother" is increased 30 times. Today, the Motherland-Mother ranks 11th in the ranking of the highest statues of the world. Restoration work on the main monument of the ensemble monument was carried out twice: in 1972 and 1986.

Sword of Victory

The sword in the hands of Mother's Mother's hands has a connection with other famous monuments. It is understood that this sword is the same sword that the worker passes the Warrior depicted on the "Rear - Front" monument (Magnitogorsk), and which then lowers the "liberator" in Berlin.

Initially, the sword is 33 meters long and weighing 14 tons was made of stainless steel, covered with titanium sheets. However, the sheets of titanium sheath thunder in the wind, created an excessive sailness and could lead to undesirable consequences. In 1972, the sword's blade was replaced during the restoration - to the entire fluorinated steel.

Mogila

More than 35 thousand people were buried on Mamyev Kurgan. Of the 200 days of the Stalingrad battle, the struggle for this height lasted 135 days. Even in winter, Mamaev Kurgan remained black from bombs breaks, one square meter had to semi-pole to 1,200 fragments and bullets. In the spring of 1943, the grass here did not go. At Mamaev Kurgan, the foothold of the Motherland was also buried by the commander of the 62nd Army, Marshal of the Soviet Union Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov. It was Vasily Ivanovich to be buried his desire to be buried here in his will.

Prototypes

Until now, about whom there are several versions from "sculpting". On the eve of the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the victory in the Stalingrad battle of 79-year-old resident of Barnaul Anastasia Peshkova announced that it was she who became a prototype. In 2003, Exactly, Valentina Isotova, who worked as a waitress in the Volgograd restaurant.

Another contender for the title of the "Motherland-Mother" prototype was the former sports gymnast of Catherine Grebneva, but she, unlike previous contenders, believes that it was not the only simulator, and the image of Mother's Motherland is still collective.

The former deputy director of the monument-ensemble "Heroes of the Stalingrad Battle" Valentina Klyushin expressed another opinion: "Figure Evgeny Viktorovich did Dumbadze with Nina Dumbadze, a famous discol. She posed him in Moscow, in his workshop. But behind the face of the sculpture of Evgeny Viktorovich did not go far. He created him from the spouse - faith of Nikolaevna. And sometimes gently called the sculpture with the name of his wife - Verochka. "

Without foundation

Despite its huge weight (8000 tons), "Motherland-Mother" is a free standing design. Inside it consists of individual cells. The rigging frame is supported by ninety-nine metal cables that are constantly in tension. The thickness of the reinforced concrete walls of the sculpture is only 25-30 centimeters.

Materials

Motherland-mother was cast by a layer of a layer using a special formwork from plaster materials, blocks of pre-stressed reinforced concrete consisting of 5,500 tons of concrete and 2400 tons of metal. And this weight without reason.

There is a monument on a 2 meter height plate, which is installed on the main foundation with a height of 16 meters, almost completely hidden underground. In order for the figure to look more monumental, at the upper point Mamaeva Kurgan also made an artificial mound of 14 meters high and weighing 150 thousand tons.

Green light

All the time, until the statue was erected, there was a need for continuous supply of concrete, even a minor delay could break the strength of the multi-torque design. Trucks that brought concrete to the construction site were marked with special signs. Drivers were also allowed to violate the rules of the road, they could even pass "on Red", without fear that the traffic police stop them. 9 A copy of the statue at the cottage of Eugene Vuchetich in the Timiryazevsky district of Moscow, where he used to be his workshop, and today there is a house-museum of sculptor, you can see a reduced copy of the statue - layout, working sketches, as well as the layout of the sculpture head in full size.

Bias

Ivan Krepev, the foreman of the former Stalingrad Hydrostroy, the builder with 50 years of experience, in 2010 stated that "Mother's Motherland" must be saved, since it deviated from 270 millimeters in the project for 221 millimeters. The monument bends for two reasons: the movement of the foundation and deformation of the figure itself. Also aggravate the position of the oscillation of the sword from wind loads.

The fact that the Mother Motherland is in disrepair believes the restorer Vadim Church. In his interview with "MK" in 2013 to the question of whether the sculpture fall, he directly replied: "Easy! She is unpredictable! "

I sincerely hope that those who do not need this article, especially up to 30 years old, most. I hope, but I do not really believe. But if it is even so - the public it is still for this mercy. Patriotism does not happen much.

So let's go:

If you ask an average resident of any country a question about the highest statues in the world, he will most likely remember the statues of Buddha carved from the rocks, a statue of freedom in New York, the statue of Christ-Rio in Rio - Well, the one from the series; Perhaps someone will remember the Kolos Rhodes - he, probably, was huge, let's not remember ... and, perhaps, everything. In Russia, an older generation will still remember Mamaev Kurgan, but the Kiev Motherland, probably, will be remembered far from any, at least in the context of the largest in the world. Where are our to their arms, to Western (asha). Won, Christ the Redeemer in 2007, recognized as one of the seven new miracles of the world, the statue of freedom in the finalists of the applicants for this honorary title, and we are not close there. The Kremlin just got into the finalists of applicants.

The Statue of Liberty. NY. Who did not dreamed to visit the island of freedom or at least to sit on that famous steam and swim directly near the island of freedom, the disknoe number of times. Yes, dreams ...

We know everything about her. What is its full name "Freedom, illuminating the world," we know when and who created it when and where they put a hand with a torch, to which date the whole statue was presented and by whom. I even know that they were late with her for 10 years. The statue of freedom without exaggeration can be called the most famous statue in the world and our person is no exception to the exception. It knows about this overseas beauty more than his relatives.

What a huge one - look at the people at the foundation of the statue - they are practically not visible, if they do not specifically look. It stands on torn skies, keeps in the hands of a torch and screech with the date of July 4, 1776. Visitors pass 356 steps to the crown of the Statue of Freedom or 192 Steps to the top of the pedestal. In the crown there are 25 windows that symbolize earth precious stones and celestial rays covering the world. Seven rays on the crown of the statue symbolize seven seas and seven continents (the Western geographical tradition has exactly seven continents). She is not just a US symbol, it is a global symbol. But, in my opinion, today she is a symbol of an ending world order, and a monument on the grave of freedom, which, in fact, never happened.

But come back to the facts. So.

In most of our compatriots, even thoughts arise that our statues are most discerning the Western. Moreover, after such propaganda pictures that hundreds are walking on Neta, we have thoughts do not arise in doubt it.

What a huge statue of Christ-Redeemer hugging. And on the last picture - the statue of freedom looks even more than the statue of the Kiev Motherland, which is even here above 9 meters.

Is it so? In the following photo, we will see the real size of the statue of freedom in New York Compared to the figure in Volgograd and the most embracing statue in Rio and we see that this Christ if someone could hug, then definitely not our girls. With its size, he could hug out that Lenin's monuments running from Ukraine.

And in the next photo we will see the real dimensions of statues without pedestals. In addition to the new miracle of the world - the statues of Christ-Redeemer, which, apparently, had to leave a pedestal to not be the smallest in the photo. After all, and with the pedestal it is only 38 meters in height. Mimicon Vladimir Ilyich in this photo, of course, is badly visible, but it seems to me, he grins.

Now someone, of course, will say that our statues still do not reach the huge Buddhist. It's difficult to argue here, because the numbers speak for themselves. But I, with your permission, allow myself to argue with the level of complexity of the construction of vulnerable data. So, the sculpture of the motherland-mother call is the only dynamic statue of such a magnitude in the world! ! ! I emphasize - the only one !!!

The statue of the sculptor's work and Nikitin engineer is made of 5,500 tons of concrete and 2400 tons of metal structures. The height of the monument is 86 meters, the height of the sculpture itself is 53 meters. In this case, the thickness of the walls of the sculpture is not more than 30 centimeters. The sword in the hand of Mother Mother's hand weighs 14 tons and has a length of 33 meters. They say that the car is free to fit in the palm of the statue. In 2008, the Mother Motherland statue at Mamaev Kurgan was recognized as one of the seven wonders of Russia.

In 1972, the restorers replaced the sword in the hand of the statue on the easier of stainless steel. Also, the holes in it did to reduce the wind pressure. The old sword was made from Titan and thundered in the wind. In the middle of the sixties, when the monument was opened, it was the highest monument on the planet. The Statue of Liberty has never been anything "most", except perhaps the most recognizable in the world.

At the moment, the statue is among the ten highest statues of the world. Motherland faces collapse due to groundwater. Experts say that if the inclination of the statue increases by another 300 mm., It can condone because of any, even the most insignificant reason.

A 70-year-old pensioner Valentina Ivanovna Isotova lives in Volgograd, from which 40 years ago sculpture "Mother's Mother calls". Valentina Ivanovna - a humble man, worked at the time the waitress in the restaurant "Volgograd". For more than 40 years, she was silent that as a simulator picked up sculptors, weathered almost the most famous sculpture in Russia - Motherland. It was silent, because in Soviet times to talk about the profession of the table was, to put it mildly, indecently, the more married woman raising two daughters. Now Valya Isotova is already a grandmother and willingly suggest that the distant episode in his youth, who now has become hardly the most significant event of his whole life

I thought for a long time, - remembers Isota, - sometimes there were strict, and my husband was forbidden. But then the spouse was walked, and I gave the guys my consent. Who in youth was not started in various adventures?

The adventure turned into serious work, which lasted two years. Valentina's candidacy for the role of Mother Mother's role argued. He, having heard the arguments of his colleagues in favor of a simple Volgograd waitress, nodded affirmatively, and began. Posying turned out to be a very difficult occupation. Standing for a few hours a day with stretched hands and the left foot put the left foot was tedious. According to the plan of sculptors, the sword was intended in the right hand, but Valentine, so as not to tire heavily, put a long stick in her palm. At the same time, she had to give his face inspired, the expression calling on the feats.

The guys insisted: "Valya, you must call behind you. You are the motherland-mother!" And I called, for which I paid 3 rubles per hour. Imagine what the clock stand with an open mouth.

Was during work and one spicy moment. Sculptors insisted that Valentine, as likely in a simulator, posed nude, but isota resisted. Suddenly the husband will go. First, they came together on a separate bathing suit. True, then the upper part of the swimsuit had to remove. Breasts should work out as natural. By the way, there was no tunic on the university. This already twitched himself threw the robe on the "homeland". The finished monument our heroine saw a few days later, after his official discovery. It was interesting to look at yourself from the side: a face, hands, legs - all native, only from stone and growth of 52 meters. Since then, more than 40 years have passed. Valentina Isotova Live-Healthy and is proud to be a monument to her in life. For a long life.

So, the height of the female figure of the sculpture of the motherland is called! 52 m, the height of the statue of freedom of 46 m. \u200b\u200bAnd it is to a torch. That is, the figure itself there is no more than 40 meters.

And last. Purpose.

Statue of Liberty is known for the whole world and many, as I wrote, dream of seeing it in Javi. Seeing at least people feel some emptiness - that's all? Is this "great sculpture"? A, maximum, feel frustrated. There is no soul there. Perhaps Americans feel the influx of patriotism under or inthis statue, but our person, exactly, does not feel anything like that.

And diametrically opposite can be said about our native statue. She has a reverse effect. The calling motherland is the amazing property of the psychological impact on everyone who sees it. There are so many feelings that you can't notice anyone. People after the first date with the implays of their homeland are still impressed. As the author managed to achieve this, you can only guess.

I think it is in our blood. Check?

How many do not turn on the song Hasbulat delete (US Anthem), does not increase the impact of the monument of freedom per person.

But, I quietly so include our, patriotic little letters, and in your heads as a habit of everyone who has the Spirit of your real patriot now !!!

stretch the country is huge

get up for a mortal battle. . .