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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 Bilovody, Sumy district
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1963
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
Material :
mixed materials
Type of art composition :
complex
Artistic approach :
synthesis
Main text, additional text (if available) :
Yes
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 :
Buried soldiers who died during the liberation of the village from the Nazi invaders on March 8 and in the second half of August 1943 and died of wounds from April to September 1943. The total number of those buried in the grave is unknown. The names of 31 soldiers are known. In 1963, the remains of soldiers from different places were transferred to a mass grave, on which a concrete sculpture of a soldier was installed in the same year. In 1985, a memorial was built: a concrete pylon with a bas-relief image of a soldier, a sailor and the Order of the Patriotic War was built on the same pedestal as the sculpture of a warrior. The pylon is crowned with a five-pointed star framed by laurel branches. Behind them is a stele made of a semicircular piece of marble, on which there are 12 concrete boards with 320 names of compatriot soldiers who died during the Second World War.