{"id":18261,"date":"2013-05-29T20:33:53","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T18:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=18261"},"modified":"2013-05-29T20:33:53","modified_gmt":"2013-05-29T18:33:53","slug":"friendship-of-nations-through-notable-statues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2013\/05\/29\/friendship-of-nations-through-notable-statues\/","title":{"rendered":"Friendship of nations through notable statues"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>This heavily edited image found its way into my Facebook stream (sorry, don&#8217;t know who&#8217;s the author of the image):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/friendship-of-nations.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18262\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2013\/05\/29\/friendship-of-nations-through-notable-statues\/friendship-of-nations\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/friendship-of-nations.jpg?fit=600%2C411&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,411\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"friendship of nations\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/friendship-of-nations.jpg?fit=600%2C411&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-18262\" alt=\"friendship of nations\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/friendship-of-nations-500x342.jpg?resize=500%2C342&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"500\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/friendship-of-nations.jpg?resize=500%2C342&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/friendship-of-nations.jpg?resize=510%2C349&amp;ssl=1 510w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/friendship-of-nations.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These are, of course, three iconic statues photoshopped together (left to right): <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Motherland_Calls\">The Motherland Calls<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christ_the_Redeemer_(statue)\">Christ the Redeemer<\/a>, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Statue_of_Liberty\">Statue of Liberty<\/a>. \u00a0Each one has interesting stories and unique value to the nation of its people.<\/p>\n<p>My interest was more in the relative sizes of one to another. \u00a0On the edited images, all three appear somewhat the same. \u00a0But is it true in real life? \u00a0Wikipedia (links above) shows that they are not.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 13px;\"><strong>The Motherland Calls<\/strong> was the tallest statue at the time of construction, in <strong>1967<\/strong>. \u00a0It measures <strong>87 meters<\/strong> from the tip of the sword to the base of the platform on which it stands.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Statue of Liberty<\/strong> was constructed in <strong>1886<\/strong> and measures <strong>46 meters<\/strong>. \u00a0It does appear much higher, because of the pedestal on which it stands. \u00a0With the one it goes as high as <strong>93 meters<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Christ the Redeemer<\/strong> was built in <strong>1931<\/strong> and is only <strong>30 meters<\/strong> tall. \u00a0Together with the pedestal it&#8217;s <strong>38 meters<\/strong> high.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There is another metric that escaped the generalization &#8211; The Motherland Calls&#8217; sword is <strong>33 meters<\/strong> long. \u00a0Look at the numbers above. \u00a0It&#8217;s actually longer than the whole statue of Christ the Redeemer (without the pedestal). \u00a0Wow! \u00a0That&#8217;s a lot of scaling for the image of friendship.<\/p>\n<p>While reading up on these statues, I found <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Height_comparison_of_notable_statues.png\">another image<\/a>, which actually puts them together on a scale.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Height_comparison_of_notable_statues.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18263\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2013\/05\/29\/friendship-of-nations-through-notable-statues\/height_comparison_of_notable_statues\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Height_comparison_of_notable_statues.png?fit=800%2C393&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,393\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Height comparison of notable statues\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Height_comparison_of_notable_statues.png?fit=660%2C324&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-18263\" alt=\"Height comparison of notable statues\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Height_comparison_of_notable_statues-500x245.png?resize=500%2C245&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"500\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Height_comparison_of_notable_statues.png?resize=500%2C245&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Height_comparison_of_notable_statues.png?resize=510%2C250&amp;ssl=1 510w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Height_comparison_of_notable_statues.png?resize=710%2C348&amp;ssl=1 710w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Height_comparison_of_notable_statues.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Oops! \u00a0So much for the friendship of nations. \u00a0There&#8217;s a the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spring_Temple_Buddha\">Spring Temple Buddha<\/a>, built in <strong>2002<\/strong>, rising up <strong>128 meters<\/strong>. \u00a0I guess nobody wants to be friends with him. \u00a0Or any of those smaller statues to the right of Jesus the Redeemer.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>This heavily edited image found its way into my Facebook stream (sorry, don&#8217;t know who&#8217;s the author of the image): &nbsp; These are, of course, three iconic statues photoshopped together (left to right): The Motherland Calls, Christ the Redeemer, and the Statue of Liberty. \u00a0Each one has interesting stories and unique value to the nation &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2013\/05\/29\/friendship-of-nations-through-notable-statues\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Friendship of nations through notable statues<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[429,286,1041,334],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-18261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-culture","tag-history","tag-statistics","tag-world"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10419,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2006\/08\/24\/moving-the-statue-with-the-help-of-google-earth\/","url_meta":{"origin":18261,"position":0},"title":"Moving the statue with the help of Google Earth","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"August 24, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Official Google Blog has this post titled How to move Ramses II: Turns out some smart engineers work for the transportation contractor: they used Google Earth to plan the route, made the decision to move the 3200 year-old statue -- and will do so this Friday, August 25, 2006. 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