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Mass grave of Soviet soldiers, partisans and a monument to compatriot soldiers
Full name of the monument :
Mass grave of Soviet soldiers, partisans and a monument to compatriot soldiers
Region :
Sumy region
Address of the monument :
the center of Mykolaivka village, Sumy district
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1969
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 - 2.5 m, pedestal - 2.8 m, base - 0.6 x 4.5 m
Material :
mixed materials
Type of art composition :
one-figure composition
Artistic approach :
figurative art
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 :
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
Buried partisans of the Khotyn partisan unit, executed by the Nazi occupiers in March 1943 during the temporary occupation of the village in the period from 10.10.1941 to 2.09.1943. Soldiers who died during defensive battles for the village at the end of September - beginning of October 1941 and during the liberation of the village from the Nazi invaders on September 2, 1943 are also buried in the grave. The names of 5 partisans and 15 soldiers are known. In 1965, the remains of the dead from different places were transferred to a mass grave, where in the same year a concrete sculpture of a warrior was installed on a brick pedestal and a cast-iron tombstone with a memorial inscription and the names of the dead was placed. In 1982, 6 concrete slabs with a memorial inscription and the names of 325 compatriot soldiers who died during the Second World War were placed behind the grave on a concrete base.