Yevgeny Vuchetich Rhetorical Devices

On August twenty-third, 1942 the German Empire tried to invade and conquer the Russian city of Stalingrad. This invasion would last for another two hundred days, all the way up to February second, 1943. Sixteen years after the German expulsion from Russia a memorial for those who perished during the battle began construction, this structure is known as ‘The Motherland Calls’ (See Appendix A), as well as a few other names: ‘Mother Motherland’ (not to be confused with the structure located in Kiev, Ukraine), ‘Mother Motherland Is Calling’, ‘The Motherland’, or ‘The Mamayev Monument’ (Source C). The whole purpose of this statue was nothing more than to honor those who served and died during the battle of Stalingrad, and to show the rest of the

They appealed to the emotional and ethical sides of the viewers by dedicating the structure to the fallen soldiers and the fallen citizens of Stalingrad. Beyond that the archetype of the structure is of a woman charging upon the West- Primarily to represent Mother Russia’s ability to repel many invaders and to never lose itself to the rest of the world. In addition to archetype, the woman charging at the West also shows the personification of the homeland of the Russian people refusing to give in and crumble. Along with both personification and archetype, the statue represents a symbol with a deeper meaning to the Russian people. Since the day of Russia’s conception, it was under attack and many different times it had been invaded by neighboring lands, Russia was always in danger of being attacked- From the Mongols to the German empire, Russia seemed to be a primary target. While the Mongol invasion was successful and Russia fell for several years, the people managed to push the “yokes” out and remain the Russia they founded. Upon repelling multiple Western nations, the Russians proved themselves as one of the strongest nations in the world. The whole purpose of this monument to the soldiers who fell at Stalingrad, and every other battle Russia has been in, is strictly to show that Russia will never yield, and will always fight the enemy until the last