The Story Behind Europe's Tallest Statue: The Motherland Calls | National Geographic

At the scale of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., the memorial complex at the Battle of Stalingrad in Volgograd, Russia, includes the tallest statue in Europe: The Motherland Calls. During his World-Cup tour of Russia, National Geographic reporter Sergey Gordeev gives an insider’s look of the hallowed ground where the Soviet army stopped the German advance during World War II. @NatGeo