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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 :
Vokzalna Str., center of the village of Znob-Novgorodske, Shostkinsky district
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1962
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 - 2.15 m, sculpture - 2.5 m, stele - 3.0 x 8.92 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 :
80 soldiers who died during the liberation of the village from the Nazi invaders in September 1943 and soldiers who died are buried from wounds, as well as 3 partisans of the detachment named after Shchors, who died in July 1942 during the battle for the village. The village was finally liberated on September 7, 1943. The names of 47 soldiers and 3 partisans are known. The remains of those buried from different places were transferred to a mass grave, on which a reinforced concrete sculpture of a warrior and a brick stele in honor of countrymen soldiers who died on the fronts of the Second World War were installed on a pedestal. In the right part of the stele there is a relief image of the Order of the Patriotic War, below it is a concrete board with a consecration inscription. 10 marble boards with consecration inscriptions and the names of 143 fallen compatriots are fixed on the ceiling.