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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 the village, Kozatska Slava square, village Verkhnya Sirovatka, Sumy district
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1959
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 - 2.6 m, pedestal - 3.2 m, board - 3.6 x 0.35 m, stele - 3.0 x 20.0 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 :
203 soldiers who died at the end of February - beginning of March and on August 17, 1943 during the liberation of the village from the Nazi invaders and died of wounds are buried. The names of 203 soldiers are known. In 1959, the remains of soldiers from different places were transferred to a mass grave, on which in the same year a concrete sculpture of a soldier and four concrete slabs with the names of the liberating soldiers were installed, with the addition of a small piece of granite. On the pedestal there is a plaque of white marble with a memorial inscription. In 1967, a concrete stele was installed to the left of the grave, on which 46 concrete, with the addition of granite particles, plates with 686 surnames of compatriot soldiers who died during the Second World War.