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Mass grave of Soviet soldiers, partisans and a monument to compatriot soldiers
Full name of the monument :
Mass grave of Soviet soldiers, partisans and a monument to compatriot soldiers
Region :
Sumy region
Address of the monument :
Tsentralna Str., village Chernatske, Shostkinsky district
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1957
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 - 2.33 m, pedestal - 1.8 m, stele - 2.8 x 4.5 m
Material :
mixed materials
Type of art composition :
complex
Artistic approach :
synthesis
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 :
Shostka City Council
Institution’s website :
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
Partisans who died in the battles near the village are buried. Chernatsk in April - May 1942. Soldiers who died in battles for the village in October 1941, soldiers who died on March 4 and 14, 1943 and soldiers who died during the liberation of the village from the Nazi invaders on September 5, 1943 are also buried. In 1957, the remains of the dead from different places were transferred to the mass grave, on which a reinforced concrete sculpture of a warrior was installed in the same year. On the pedestal there is a memorial board with the names of the dead. In 1971, two stelae were built on both sides of the sculpture, on which 5 metal boards with the names of 211 compatriot soldiers who died on the fronts of the Second World War and nine names of civilians shot by the Nazis were fixed. On the left ceiling is a board with an inscription.
