As Eurovision 2017 in Kyiv draws near, we, at UATV, decided to take our international viewers on a tour around the Ukrainian capital. Today we’ll give you a tour of the Mother Motherland statue. At 102 meters tall and 560 tons, it’s one of the biggest in the world. Let’s take a look.

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Kyiv’s Mother Motherland stands taller than the Statue of Liberty in New York or statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro. Together with its pedestal, she is 102 meters tall, weighing in at 450 tons. Mother Motherland holds a 16-meter sword and in her right hand, and in her left a 13-ton shield. And on that Mother Motherland, 92 meters above the Dnipro river, is an observation deck.

To get to the first elevator, you’ll pass through a World War Two Museum. At first, it may look normal, but it moves at 75-degree angle due to the tapered construction of the pedestal. Now, we’ll walk up four flights of stairs to the first observation deck. It is nearly 37 meters tall and offers incredibly beautiful views of the city.

Visitors can only go high up with special climbing equipment, due to safety rules. The second elevator will take us to a height of 64 meters. Then more stairs followed by a fire escape and we’re 72 meters high. At this point, it’s obvious why the instructors at the bottom stress health and physical preparation.

Now we’ll go through its 22-meter long arm. The staircase here gradually narrows. It consists of two parts. The first one is in the left shoulder at a 17-degree angle. The second runs vertically through the forearm. Going through the arm seems endless… until you see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Here, Kyiv’s beauty is at your fingertips. There are countless emotions, but there’s only one place where you can experience them all at the highest point in the capital. And we at UATV recommend visiting.