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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 :
center of Basivka village, Sumy district
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1950
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 - 2.5 m, pedestal - 2.8 m, stele - 2.8 x 13.0 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 :
Sumy city council
Institution’s website :
https://smr.gov.ua/uk/
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
268 soldiers who died during the liberation of the village from the Nazi invaders on March 3 and August 20, 1943 and died of wounds from March to September 1943 are buried. The names of 58 soldiers are known. In 1948, the remains of soldiers from the cemetery were moved to a mass grave, on which a concrete sculpture of a soldier was later installed. On the brick pedestal there is a bas-relief image of the Order of the Patriotic War, a memorial inscription and the names of the fallen soldiers. In 1969, a concrete stele was installed to the left of the mass grave, on which 15 small marble boards with a memorial inscription and the names of 239 compatriot soldiers who died during the Second World War were fixed. To the left on the ceiling is a bas-relief image of a woman with a child.