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The mass grave of Soviet soldiers and a memorial to compatriot soldiers
Full name of the monument :

The mass grave of Soviet soldiers and a memorial to compatriot soldiers

Region :
Sumy region
Address of the monument :
the platform of the Boromlya railway station, village Novgorodske, Okhtyrskyi district
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1961
Time classification according to the installation epoch :
Soviet period (1922-1991)
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
real person(s)
Gender :
mixed group
Social status :
persons of war
Components of the monument :
sculpture - 3.9 m, pedestal - 2.2 m
Material :
mixed materials
Type of art composition :
one-figure composition
Artistic approach :
figurative art
Main text, additional text (if available) :
Yes
memorial inscription
Language(s) of the text :
Ukrainian
Narrative commemorates :
Honoring the culture of war victims, including memorialization
The preservation state of the monument at the time of the research :
exists
Institution responsible for maintenance :
Okhtyrska city council
Institution’s website :
https://okhtyrkamr.gov.ua/
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
66 soldiers who died during the liberation of the village of Boromlya from the Nazi invaders on August 19, 1943 and died of wounds are buried. The names of 49 victims are known. In 1956, the remains of soldiers from different places were transferred to a mass grave, on which in the same year a concrete sculpture of a soldier on a brick pedestal and 8 cast-iron plates with the names of fallen soldiers were installed. In 1961, on both sides of the grave, 2 cast-iron plates with a memorial inscription and 28 names of compatriot soldiers who died during the Second World War were installed.