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

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

Region :
Sumy region
Address of the monument :
the center of the village of Kryvonosivka, Shostkinsky district
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1982
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 - 1.8 m, pedestal - 1.5 m, stele - 1.5 x 25.37 m
Material :
mixed materials
Type of art composition :
complex
Artistic approach :
synthesis
Main text, additional text (if available) :
Yes
memorial insription
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 :
22 Soviet soldiers who died in defensive battles in September 1941 and who died during the liberation of the village from the Nazi invaders in September 1943 are buried. The village was finally liberated on September 7, 1943. The names of all the dead are known. In 1957, the remains of those buried from different places were transferred to a mass grave, on which a reinforced concrete sculpture of a warrior was installed in the same year. A memorial was built in 1982. The warrior sculpture was replaced by a new one on a concrete pedestal lined with granite slabs. A semicircular concrete slab was built behind the sculpture. On the ceiling are fixed 12 boards made of crushed granite, on which there is an inscription and the names of 235 compatriot soldiers who died on the fronts of the Second World War. On the right side of the stele there is an image of the Order of Victory, on the left is the Order of the Patriotic War.