The Monument "Motherland" Matveev Kurgan (Russian: Памятник "Родина-Мать" в Матвеев Кургане) is a Russian monument located near the village of Starorotovka.
The monument is located on the departure from the settlement of Matveev Kurgan near the village Starorotovka, 300 meters from the route Rostov-on-Don (Russia)-Donetsk (Ukraine).
On a high pedestal there is an artificial green barrow, a sculpture of a mother with a child in her arms.
There is a flower bed that leads to the monument where during spring bright poppies blossom, symbolizing blood spots on the black earth.
Each of us knows that the tenderest feelings of human heart from the first days of life are connected with mother, her love and caress, with her caring hands, with greatness of her maternal soul … Despite its impressive size the monument looks very touching: a woman-mother with the small child in her arms won’t leave anybody indifferent…".