Sculpture Name and Translation
The duplication of the wording in the title "Mother Motherland" does not exist in the original. The Russian word for "Motherland", "Родина", is derived from "birth" and can be literally translated as "birth place". The title The Motherland that gave Birth to me is Calling would be an alternative translation, but The Motherland Calls is probably better idiomatic English.
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