Humanity has always strived for gigantism, and the tallest statue in the world was erected each time in different countries... However, each time the record was broken by even higher statues.
Tallest statue in the world - Spring Buddha
According to the Guinness Book of Records, this greatest statue is recognized as the tallest in the world, and is also the largest monument to the deity - Buddha. 
This sculpture was erected in the Heinan province (China), the cost of it amounted to 55 million dollars. The weight of the monument is about 1000 tons, the height together with the pedestal is 153 m.
As the Chinese told us, the Buddhists of this country were very angry when they were blown up by militants in 2001 giant statues Buddhas in the Afghan province of Bamiyan and then in China decided to build this one.
Laukun Sectuar
Myanmar is a very poor country, but come on, you have built a grandiose monument in honor of Buddha, which became the second in the world. By the way, it was built on donations from the residents of Myanmar (see). 
Laukun Sectuar (in other words - Lezhun-Sasazha) is located in the Sikain district and is said to have been built without the use of cranes. The construction of the monument began in 1996 and lasted for almost 12 years.
It is noteworthy that a temple is located in the lying part of the monument. The height of the vertical part is 129.24 m.
Monument to Buddha - Amitabha in Ushiku (Japan)
This statue is 120 m high, and each finger of Buddha is 7 m. The statue of Ushiku Daibutsu was erected in 1995 and became the third highest in the world.
It is located in the city of Ushiku, 50 kilometers from Tokyo (about Japanese cities -). There is an elevator inside that takes you to the observation deck.
Monument to the goddess Guanyin (Bodhisattva)
This 108-meter structure is the fourth tallest sculpture in the world. It is located on a small island off the southern coast of China's Hainan and was built relatively recently - it was opened in 2005. Unfortunately, I can't find time to write about my trip to this island this year ((.
It took 6 years to create the monument and now it is a place of pilgrimage for numerous tourists. Its architectural solution is also interesting - the statue is three-sided and symbolizes the unity of the past, present and future.
Ranked 5th in the World's Tallest Sculpture category, this majestic sculpture is unique in that it was carved into the rock. The work took 20 years and was completed in 2007. Its height is 106 m, and the grandiose monument itself is dedicated to the two very first emperors of China - Yan Di and Huan Di, whom the Chinese revered very much. 
Cristo Rey (Christ the King) statue in Portugal
This statue, which took sixth place, is located in the Portuguese city of Almada and outwardly resembles a copy of the Brazilian sculpture of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro. Its height is 103 m. 
The monument was built using public donations, since Portugal did not take part in the Second World War, women donated money for the statue of Christ, who saved their sons and husbands from death in the war.
Sculptures Motherland calls in Volgograd and Kiev
Both sculptures are almost the same height and occupy 7th and 8th places in the ranking of The tallest statue in the world, their height together with the pedestals is about 102 m. The Motherland was built of stone in Kiev, and the reinforced concrete "Motherland calls!" - in the hero city of Volgograd. Accordingly, one of them is the highest in Ukraine, and the other is in Russia. 
The Russian monument was erected on the Mamayev Kurgan and is part of the military-historical memorial "To the Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad." Here - read about the ancient Russian city of Tarusa. 
Goddess Kannon Sculpture (Sendai Daikannon)
This statue, 100 meters high, was built in the Japanese province of Tohoku and ranks 9th. The monument is dedicated to the goddess of mercy Kannon - one of the most important heroines of Japanese mythology and in modern culture of this country. Few people know that the famous company Canon bears the name of this deity. 
An elevator installed inside the monument takes tourists straight to the dragon's mouth. Equipped there observation deck overlooking Sendai City and its surroundings.
Monument to Peter I in the Russian capital
The tenth place in the category The tallest statue in the world was taken by the monument to Peter I - a monument of bronze and steel with a height of 96 m. It was erected on a specially erected artificial island on the Moskva River. At first, the author of the sculpture, Zurab Tsereteli, received a lot of criticism for the monument, but now everyone is used to it. 
And below there are other rather big sculptures, known to the world... This is the famous Statue of Liberty in New York (93 m), and the statue of Buddha (92 m) in Ang Thong (Thailand), and the same height is the statue of the goddess Guanyin in the Chinese city of Changsha.
A sculpture is called a statue, which is a three-dimensional image of a human figure, an animal, and sometimes a fantastic one. Most of the tallest statues in the world are in China, but Russia also has its own record holders.
Lenin monument
Location: Volgograd, Russia Total height of the monument: 57 meters Year: 1973
Monument to Vladimir Ilyich Lenin at the entrance to the Volga-Don shipping channel. It is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's largest monument to a person who actually lived.
Worker and collective farmer
Location: Moscow, Russia Total height of the monument: 58 meters Year: 1937
"Ideal and Symbol of the Soviet Era". The famous sculptural group of two figures with a hammer and sickle raised above their heads
According to the idea of the sculptor, a young man and a girl personify the owners of the Soviet land - the working class and the collective farm peasantry
"Worker and Kolkhoz Woman" is the symbol of the Mosfilm film studio. (Photo by Andrey Ulyashev)
Independence Monument
Location: Kiev, Ukraine The total height of the monument: 61 meters Year: 2000-2001
Monument dedicated to the independence of Ukraine. The monument is located in the center of Kiev on the Independence Square.
Maitreya Buddha statue in Leshan
Location: Leshan, China Total height of the monument: 71 meters Year: 713
The statue of Buddha is carved into the thickness of the rock in Lingyunshan Mountain at the confluence of three rivers of the Chinese province of Sichuan and for over a millennium was the tallest sculpture in the world.
Guanyin statue in China
Location: Foshan, China The total height of the monument: 77 meters
Buddha statue in Wuxi
Location: Wuxi, ChinaThe total height of the monument: 88 metersYear: 1996
Considered the largest bronze statue in the world
Buddha statue in Ang Thong
Location: Ang Thong, Thailand Total height of the monument: 92 meters Year: 2008
Statue of Liberty
Location: New York, USA The total height of the monument: 93 meters Year: 1886
She is one of the most famous sculptures in the United States and in the world. Since its inception, the statue has served as a navigational landmark and has been used as a lighthouse.
The crown, accessed by 365 steps, offers expansive views of New York Harbor
Monument to Peter I
Location: Moscow, Russia Total height of the monument: 98 meters Year: 1997
The work of Zurab Tsereteli, commissioned by the Moscow Government for artificial island piled up at the division of the Moskva River. (Photo by Yuri Dmitrienko)
Then the monument caused almost unanimous rejection in the circles of the public and architects in connection with its appearance and lack of value for the city.
Guanyin statue with a thousand hands and eyes
Location: Changsha, China The total height of the monument: 99 meters Year: 2009
Sendai Daikannon
Location: Sendai, JapanThe total height of the monument: 100 metersYear: 1991
The statue of the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara.
Inside the statue there is an elevator that takes you to the very top.
Motherland
Location: Kiev, Ukraine The total height of the monument: 102 meters Year: 1981
The monument-sculpture "Motherland" is located on the high right bank of the Dnieper
In one hand, the statue holds a 16-meter sword weighing 9 tons. (Photo by Constantine Zuev):
Motherland is calling! "
Location: Volgograd, Russia Total height of the monument: 102 meters Year: 1967
Monument to the Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad on the Mamayev Kurgan. The size of the sculpture can be estimated by the people nearby.
She was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest sculpture-statue in the world at the time of construction. The length of the arm is 20 meters and the length of the sword is 33 meters. The weight of the sculpture is 8,000 tons, and the weight of the sword is 14 tons.
Krishto Rey
Location: Almada, PortugalThe total height of the monument: 103 metersYear: 1959
The statue of Christ in the city of Almada, Portugal.
Portugal did not participate in World War II, so women donated money for the statue of Christ, as he saved their sons, husbands and fathers from death by preventing Portugal from participating in hostilities.
Emperors Yang and Huang
Location: Zhengzhou, China Total height of the monument: 106 meters Year: 2007
Depicts the first two emperors of China. Construction lasted 20 years and was completed in 2007
Monuments are cultural heritage countries and are directly related to their history. Each of the monumental structures is unique in its own way and has its own characteristics.
For the attention of the readers are presented tallest monuments in the world- top 10.
10. Statue of the King of Christ | Poland
(Poland) unveils the ten tallest monumental sculptures in the world. This is the tallest statue of Jesus Christ to date. It is located on the outskirts of the Polish city of Swiebodzin. The initiator was the priest of the Temple of Divine Mercy Sylvester Zavadsky, who proposed in 2001 to build a monument dedicated to Jesus Christ. Miroslav Kazimierz Patetsky took over the design. Construction began in 2008 and was completed in November 2010. The total height of the sculptural monument of the King of Christ was 52 meters.
9. Buddha Dordenma | Butane
(Bhutan) is one of the most high monuments in a world that rises 51 meters above the ground. Translated into Russian, the name of the monument sounds like "Diamond Lightning Strike". It was built in 2010. Inside the monumental sculpture there is a temple, which contains a huge number of gilded figures of religious deities. Dordenma Buddha was built at an altitude of 2500 above sea level, making it the highest monument in the world. The construction was timed to coincide with the centenary of the monarchy in Bhutan. The construction cost the state about $ 50 million, and the total cost of the project was more than $ 100 million.
8. Motherland | Ukraine
(Ukraine) - a monument located in Kiev on the banks of the Dnieper. The height of the monumental sculpture is 62 meters, with a pedestal - 102 meters. The statue, erected in 1981, is considered one of the tallest in the world today. The author of this creation is the sculptor E. V. Vuchetich, who previously designed the statue "The Motherland Calls!" The memorial complex was erected in honor of the victory in the Great Patriotic War in 1945. There is also a museum of the history of the Great Patriotic War. The total occupied area of the memorial complex is 10 hectares. It includes directly a monument, a museum and main square with the Alley of Hero Cities.
7. The Motherland Calls! | Russia
(Russia) - a monument in 1967, erected in the hero-city of Volgograd on the Mamayev Kurgan. At the time of its construction, for two decades, the statue retained the status of the tallest in the world. Absolute height the structure is 89 meters long with a plinth. The figure symbolizes a woman with a sword raised up, who calls to repulse the enemy troops. The sculptor E.V. Vuchetich and engineer N.V. Nikitin worked on the project of this statue. Construction continued for almost eight years. As a result, on a sixteen-meter foundation, which is almost invisible above the ground, a two-meter pedestal and the sculpture itself were raised.
6. Statue of Liberty | USA
(USA) with a height of 93 meters, together with a pedestal, it is included in the list of the tallest monuments in the world. It is a symbol of New York and the USA. In America, the building is also called "Lady Liberty". The monument was donated by France to the United States in 1886 for the centenary of the American Revolution. The forty-six-meter statue rises on a forty-seven meter pedestal, which makes it one of the tallest. The Lady Liberty Crown has 25 windows that symbolize gems and the heavenly rays, which illuminate the entire planet, and the seven rays, in turn, are the symbol of the seven seas and continents. The pedestal houses a museum where exhibitions and guided tours are held. The monument is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
5. Monument to Peter I | Russia
Monument to PeterI(Russia), located in Moscow on an artificial island, is one of the tallest in the world. The total height of the structure is 98 meters, and the height of the figure of Peter I is 18 meters. Official name the creations of the sculptor Zurab Konstantinovich Tsereteli sound like a monument "In commemoration of the 300th anniversary of the Russian fleet." It took about a year to design and build. In 1997, the monument was erected. For the manufacture of the monument, high quality bronze was used, and some of its elements are gilded. The construction and erection of the sculptural structure cost Russia $ 20 million. About 120 workers were involved in the installation.
4. Guanyin | PRC
(PRC) - one of the tallest statues in the world, erected in honor of the Chinese goddess. The total height of the monument is 108 meters. It is located in the city of Sanya on the island of Hainan, where it was built in 2005. The goddess has three faces: she looks at visitors holding a book in her hands, the second face is depicted with a rosary, the third with a lotus flower. Thus, the many-faced Guanyin represents the three aspects of the Buddha: past, present, and future.
3. Daibutsu Usiku | Japan
(Japan) opens three of the tallest monuments in the world. Its height, without the lotus-like base and platform, is 100 meters, together with the pedestal - 120 meters. The statue of Buddha was erected in 1995 in Japanese city Usiko. It is located in the middle of the park for Usiku Arcadia. The sculptural structure inside consists of more than 6 thousand bronze plates, the total weight of which is 4 thousand tons. The length of the left arm is 18 meters, the ear is 10 meters, the face is 20 meters. The length of the mouth is 4 meters, the eyes are 2.5 meters, the nose is 1.2 meters.
2. Lezhong-Sasazha | Myanmar
(Myanmar) ranks second on the list of tallest monuments in the world. The sculptural structure is a statue of Buddha 115 meters high without a pedestal and 129 meters with a pedestal. The monument was erected in 2008 in the village of Khatakan-Taung, located near the town of Mounyua. Construction lasted more than 10 years and at the time of its construction the statue was considered the tallest. The Lechzhun-Sasazha pedestal includes two steps: the main and the secondary. The main step is a stepped elongated pyramid with truncated corners and apex. Above it is the second oval step, on which the monument itself stands.
1. Spring Temple Buddha | PRC
(PRC) tops the list of the tallest monuments in the world. The statue, 128 meters high, depicts Buddha Vairochana without a pedestal. It is located in the Chinese village of Zhaotsun. As a result of the increase in the pedestal, the height of the statue increased to 153 meters. It is made entirely of copper and consists of 1,100 pieces with a total weight of one thousand tons. The construction of the Spring Temple Buddha cost China $ 55 million. The construction of the statue was triggered by the Taliban bombing of the Bamiyan monuments in Afghanistan in 2002. Its name architectural structure received in honor of the Foshan Temple, located next to a hot healing spring.
1.Bronze statue of Buddha Ushiku Daibutsu, Japan.
Ushiku Daibutsu located in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture in Japan, is the tallest freestanding bronze statue in the world. Built in 1995, total height 120m above ground, including 10m base and 10m lotus platform. The elevator lifts visitors to a height of 85m above the ground, where the observation deck is located.
2. Buddhist statue Guanyan, Sanya, China.
Sanya is located in the smallest province of China people's republic Hainyan, on south coast country. Yalong Wan is a local park located on the coast 7.5 km southeast of Sanya City. The main attraction of the park is the 108-meter statue of Guanyin.
This statue was completed in May 2005 and is one of the tallest in the world.
3. Yellow Chinese emperors Huangdi and Yandi, China.
The 103-meter-high statue is located in China and is a sculpture of two ancient Chinese emperors - Huangdi and Yandi
4. Motherland, Kiev, Ukraine.
Monument-sculpture Motherland, standing in Kiev on the high right bank of the Dnieper. The height of the Motherland-Mother sculpture is 62 meters, the total height with the pedestal is 102 meters.
5. Monument to Peter I, Moscow, Russia
The monument to Peter I by Zurab Tsereteli was erected by order of the Moscow Government on the spit of the Moskva River Island and the Obvodny Canal in 1997.
The total height of the monument is 98 meters.
6. Statue of Liberty, Liberty Island, New York, USA.
The World's Incarnation of Liberty, commonly known as the Statue of Liberty, is a colossal statue donated by the United States by France in 1886, installed on Liberty Island in New York at the mouth of the Hudson River.
7. Sculpture The Motherland Calls, Volgograd, Russia.
Sculpture "The Motherland Calls!" - the compositional center of the monument-ensemble "To the Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad" on the Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd. The work of the sculptor E.V. Vuchetich and engineer N.V. Nikitin. Built in 1967, height 84 meters.
8. Maitreya Buddha statue in Leshan, Leshan, China.
The statue is located east of Leshan City in Sichuan Province, at the intersection of three rivers, and has been under construction for 90 years. The height of the statue is 71 m, the height of the head is almost 15 m, the span of the shoulders is almost 30 m, the length of the finger is 8 m, the length of the toe is 1.6 m, the length of the nose is 5.5 m. It is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
9. Bamiyan Buddha statues, Afghanistan.
Two giant statues of Buddha (Buddha of Bamyan) - 55 and 37 meters, which were part of the complex Buddhist monasteries in the Bamiyan Valley in central Afghanistan, located 230 km north of Kabul. The statues were savagely destroyed, despite the protests of the world community and other Islamic countries, in 2001 by the Taliban, who believed that they were pagan idols and should be destroyed. Japan, Switzerland and UNESCO, among others, have expressed support for the restoration of the statues.
10. Statue of Christ the Savior, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Christ the Redeemer - a huge Art Deco statue of Jesus Christ, 32m high and weighing 1000 tons, is located on the 710m summit of the Corcovado mountain overlooking the city.
A powerful symbol of Christianity, the statue has become an icon of the city of Rio de Janeiro.
Without a doubt, the obelisk Shtyk, Brest, Belarus deserves our attention.
Bayonet - obelisk (all-welded metal structure, lined with titanium; height 100 m, weight 620 t) is part of memorial complex The Brest Fortress is a hero.
What monument to put on the grave? CJSC "Antik" will help in resolving the issue. The factory offers a huge catalog of gabbro products - monuments and gravestones. Come in and make your choice.
Large and tall statues were built since ancient times. For example, the Great Sphinx, built by the ancient Egyptians, was 20 meters high. However, over the past century, a number of statues have been built that are much higher in height than the ancient wonders of the world. In this list, I will list the 7 tallest statues in the world at the moment.
7. Sculpture Motherland in Kiev
This is a monument in honor of the Great Patriotic War calling for patriotism. The creation of the sculpture was completed in 1981, the statue itself rises by 62 meters, and together with the general structure, the height is 102 meters. The weight of the statue is 560 tons. Interestingly, the sculpture Motherland Mother in Volgograd, on Mamayev Kurgan, is much more famous, but its height is 54 meters 
6. Sculpture of the emperors Yan and Huan
This sculpture was carved into the rock, taking over two decades to complete. We finished its creation in 2007. the total height of the sculpture is 106 meters. For those who do not know, the sculpture is dedicated to the two very first emperors of China - Yan Di and Huan Di 
5. Statue of Kuan Yin in China
The 108 meter high statue of Bodhisattva Huan Yin is located on the southern coast of Hainan Island in China. It took 6 years to create the statue, the work was completed in 2005 
4. Statue of Krishto Rei
This statue was inspired by the famous Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro in 1959. It took 10 years to build, and the size of the statue is exactly the same as the statue in Rio. the total height of the monument is 110 meters 
3. Statue of Ushiku Daibutsu in Japan
The Ushiku Daibutsu statue is dedicated to Buddha Amitabha and is located in the city of Ushiku in Japan. It was built in 1995. This is the third tallest statue of the world, the total height of the monument is 120 meters. There is an elevator inside the statue, which takes you to the observation platform at the top of the statue.
2. Laykyun Setkyar in Myanmar
This statue is the second tallest in the world. It is built on Kaung Hill in central Myanmar. At his feet is also the largest oblique Buddha statue in the world. The reclining Buddha was built in 1991 and the tall Laykyun Setkyar in 2008 
1. Spring Temple Buddha
It is the largest and tallest statue in the world. The total height of the entire monument is 153 meters. The construction of this sculpture began after terrorists blew up the Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan. The statue was completed in 2008 
The graph below clearly demonstrates the size of the Spring Buddha in relation to the Statue of Liberty, the Motherland in Volgograd and Christ the Redeemer. 
