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Monument to the Hero of the Soviet Union V.A. Melezhyk
Full name of the monument :
Monument to the Hero of the Soviet Union V.A. Melezhyk
Region :
Poltava region
Address of the monument :
Bilousivka village, Chornukhy district
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1959 р.
Time classification according to the installation epoch :
Soviet period (1922-1991)
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
real person(s)
Gender :
male
Social status :
persons of war
Material :
mixed materials
Type of art composition :
one-figure composition
Artistic approach :
figurative art
Main text, additional text (if available) :
Yes
Vasyl Melezhyk
1926-1945
Language(s) of the text :
Ukrainian
Russian
Russian
Narrative commemorates :
Honoring the culture of war victims, including memorialization
The preservation state of the monument at the time of the research :
no data available
Institution responsible for maintenance :
Chornukhy village council
Institution’s website :
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
Vasyl Opanasovych Melezhyk was a Red Army soldier of the Workers‘ and Peasants’ Red Army, a participant of the Great Patriotic War, and a Hero of the Soviet Union. On 5 December 1944, a group of Soviet soldiers, including Melezhyk, crossed the Danube near the village of Mariakhaza, 3 kilometres north of the town of Ercea, and seized a bridgehead on the opposite bank. In those battles, Melezhyk personally destroyed 2 vehicles and a large number of enemy soldiers and officers, and took an active part in repelling five German counterattacks. When he was surrounded by a group of enemy soldiers, Melezhyk killed three of them and captured two more. On 3 March 1945, Melezhyk was killed in action.
