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Мass grave for Soviet soldiers and a monument to compatriot soldiers
Full name of the monument :
Мass grave for Soviet soldiers and a monument to compatriot soldiers
Region :
Sumy region
Address of the monument :
Shkilna Str., in the center of Pishchane village, near the school. Sumy district
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1962
Time classification according to the installation epoch :
Soviet period (1922-1991)
Artist(s) :
S. Sidenko
architect
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
real person(s)
Gender :
mixed group
Social status :
persons of war
Components of the monument :
warrior sculpture - 1.7 m,
brick pedestal - 1.3 m,
concrete slab - 2.5 x 7.2 m,
concrete pylon - 6.0 m
Material :
mixed materials
Type of art composition :
complex
Artistic approach :
synthesis
Main text, additional text (if available) :
Yes
Language(s) of the text :
Ukrainian
Narrative commemorates :
Ukrainian national resistance during the Lithuanian-Polish era
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 soldiers of the 835th Rifle Regiment of the 237th Rifle Division; 712th, 794th Rifle Regiments of the 232nd Rifle Division of the 38th Army, 295th Rifle Regiment of the 183rd Rifle Division; of the 126th Separate Artillery Division of the 167th Rifle Division,
who died at the end of February - the beginning of March and September 2, 1943 and died of wounds in hospitals from September 3 to September 9, 1943. The names of 26 soldiers are known. In 1962, 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 with a memorial inscription on a brick pedestal was installed. In 1972, a concrete stele was installed to the right of the grave, on which 19 cast-iron boards with the names of 118 compatriot soldiers who died during the Second World War and memorial inscriptions were installed. To the right of the stele is a concrete pylon with a memorial inscription.
