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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 :
центр села Могриця, Сумський район
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1965
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 - 4.0 m, pedestal - 0.4 m, stele - 2.0 x 15 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 :
46 soldiers who died during the liberation of the village from the Nazi invaders on February 28 and in the second half of August were buried 1943 and died of wounds in March - October 1943. The names of 41 soldiers are known. In 1951, the remains of soldiers from different places were transferred to a mass grave, on which in 1965 a concrete sculpture of a soldier was installed on a pedestal and a cast-iron tombstone with a memorial inscription and 16 names of liberating soldiers was placed. In 1976, a concrete stele was installed behind the warrior's sculpture, on which 10 cast-iron boards with 248 names of compatriot soldiers who died during the Second World War were fixed.