Sumy region

the center of the village of Zhikhove, Shostkinsky district

Historical monument of local significance

1975

Soviet period (1922-1991)

real person(s)

mixed group

persons of war

sculptural group - 4.0 m, pedestal - 2.0 m, stele - 2.0 x 36 m

mixed materials

complex

synthesis

Main text, additional text (if available) :

Yes

memorial inscription

Ukrainian

Honoring the culture of war victims, including memorialization

exists

Shostka City Council

11 soldiers who died during the liberation of the village from Nazi invaders in March - September 1943. The village was liberated on September 6, 1943. The names of all the dead are known. In 1959, the remains of the dead were moved from the cemetery to the center of the village. In the same year, a reinforced concrete sculpture of a warrior was installed on the grave, replaced in 1975 by a reinforced concrete, copper-clad, sculptural group of three women, installed on an earthen embankment. In 1975, a memorial complex was created. In the foreground of the complex is a brick-lined and plastered grave, on which there is a marble slab with an inscription. Behind is a star-shaped rosette of eternal flame and four memorial plaques. Three of them have the names of fallen soldiers, the fourth has an inscription. Behind the grave there is a barrow, on which a reinforced concrete, covered with copper, sculpture is installed a group of three women, presented full-length on a pedestal. The complex is completed by a semicircular stele on which 11 memorial plaques with the names of 384 compatriot soldiers who died on the fronts of the Second World War are fixed.