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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 :
the center of the village of Golubivka, Shostkinsky district
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1972
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 :
pedestal - 2.5 m, sculpture - 3.5 m, stele - 11 x 51.74 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 :
https://shostka-rada.gov.ua/
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
66 Soviet soldiers and 8 partisans who died in battles for the village on October 5, 1941, as well as soldiers who died on March 6 and September 5, 1943 in battles for the liberation of the village, partisans of S. Kovpak's unit, who died in battle 5 were buried here October 1942. The village was finally liberated on September 5, 1943. In 1963, the remains of the dead from different places were transferred to a mass grave, on which in the same year a cast-iron sculpture of a warrior was installed on a pedestal. In 1972, a concrete stele was built behind the sculpture, on which 11 marble slabs with the names of the 231st compatriot soldiers who died on the fronts of the Second World War were fixed. On the left side of the ceiling is a cast-iron board with an inscription.