Ukraine Army Defies NATO KIEV JUNTA’S Ban On Soviet Era Symbols (VIDEO)

Earlier in the year the Ukraine Army defied bans by the cnetral governemnt and held Victory Day pardes in several cities including Kiev, Kharkiv and a delayed victory day parade in Sumy all of which featured Soviet era flags, music and marching by the Ukraine Army. Such measures show the disquiet amognst certain sectors of the Ukraine Army and wither a refusal or an unwillingness by the General Staff of the Ukraine Army to bring its social practices inline with anti-Communist laws of the pro-NATO oligarch run Junta in Kiev.

Statue-monument “Mother Motherland” is part of the Museum of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. This museum was opened on May 9, 1981 in honor of the Soviet victory in World War II.

The idea of creating a museum and a monument was born in 1960 by the architect Eugeniy Vuchetich but the circumstances were such that the current draft of the sculpture “Mother Motherland” was designed by architect Vasiliy Boroday. Initially planned to cover the sculpture with gold leaf but later abandoned this idea and have chosen for sculpture the cladding of stainless steel.

Complete construction took 3 years of which only 6 months left on the assembly “Mother Motherland” sculpture itself. Only on a foundation of sculpture has been spent over 3000 tons of metal and more than 3,500 cubic meters of concrete. The solid foundation goes deep into hill – concrete well a width of 32 meters and a depth of 17.9 meters.