Sumy region

center of Zaliznyak village, Sumy district

Historical monument of local significance

1960

Soviet period (1922-1991)

real person(s)

mixed group

persons of war

sculpture - 2.75 m, pedestal - 2.95 m, stele - 2.2 x 0.8 m

mixed materials

complex

synthesis

Main text, additional text (if available) :

Yes

memorial inscription

Ukrainian

Honoring the culture of war victims, including memorialization

exists

Sumy city council

Soldiers who died at the end of February - at the beginning are buried March and August 11, 1943 during the liberation of the village from the Nazi invaders and died of wounds. The names of 187 soldiers are known. In 1960, the remains of soldiers from different places were transferred to a mass grave, on which a concrete sculpture of a warrior was installed in the same year. On the front side of the pedestal there is a concrete board with a memorial inscription. In 1967, a concrete slab was installed on the grave at an angle to the left of the pedestal, on which 5 cast-iron boards with a memorial inscription and the names of the liberating soldiers were fixed. To the right of the grave, there is a concrete stele on which there are two stainless steel boards with a memorial inscription in honor of compatriot soldiers who died during the civil war and the Second World War: I. Bochkin (1895 - 1919) - a hero of the civil war and I. Ostapenko (1904 - 44) - parliamentarian of the 3rd Ukrainian Front, captain - natives of the village. In 1970, the remains of soldiers from the village of Walls, Zakharivskoe forestry and village. Zaliznyak, str. Popovka In 2006, the remains of four soldiers of the Voronezh Front were moved to the grave. Surnames of soldiers are unknown.