Sumy region

The center of the village of Novovasylivka, Shostkinsky district

Historical monument of local significance

1975

Soviet period (1922-1991)

real person(s)

mixed group

persons of war

sculpture - 4.0 m, pedestal - 2.13 m, stele - 1.76 x 30 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

89 Soviet soldiers who died during the defense of the village at the end of August 1941 and soldiers who died in the battles for the liberation of the village, as well as 10 partisans from S. Kovpak's unit who died in 1942, were buried. The village was liberated on September 7, 1943. Known surnames of 89 soldiers and 10 partisans. In the same grave, 19 residents of the village, shot by the Nazis during the occupation in 1941-43, are buried. The names of all the dead are known. In 1975, the remains of those buried from different places were transferred to a mass grave. A concrete slab with an inscription is placed on the grave. On the ledge of the slab is a black marble pylon with a consecration inscription. Behind the grave there is a reinforced concrete sculpture of a warrior, near the pedestal there is a concrete stele with 10 marble boards on which there is a dedication text, the names of the dead and 97 names of compatriot soldiers who died on the fronts of the Second World War.