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Mass grave of Soviet soldiers and partisans and a monument to compatriot soldiers
Full name of the monument :

Mass grave of Soviet soldiers and partisans and a monument to compatriot soldiers

Region :
Sumy region
Address of the monument :
Tsentralna Str., village Kindrativka, 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)
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
real person(s)
Gender :
mixed group
Social status :
persons of war
Components of the monument :
sculpture - 2.8 m, pedestal - 3.15 m, stele - 15.30 x 2.53 x 0.38 m, base of the stele - 0.64 x 0.45 x 15.31 m, plates - 0.85 x 0.55 m, chapel - 1.65 x 1.65 x 9.22 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 :
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
Buried soldiers who died during the liberation of the village from the Nazi invaders on September 2, 1943 and died of wounds in the hospitals stationed here, as well as partisans P. Priymenko from the partisan unit named after Khrushchev The names of 56 soldiers and partisans are known. In 1946, the remains of soldiers from different places were transferred to a mass grave, on which in 1962 a sculpture of a warrior made of glass cement was installed. On the front side of the pedestal there is a bas-relief image of the Order of the Patriotic War and the date "1941 - 1945". A small marble slab with a memorial inscription and the names of 31 soldiers and partisans was placed on the grave. In 1975, a cemented brick stele was installed to the right of the grave, which was replaced in 2005 by a new ceramic brick stele with 12 arches. From above, the ceiling and arches are covered with galvanized roofing iron. The base of the ceiling is covered with "Bohemia Dres" tiles. There are 12 plates on the ceiling with 383 names of compatriot soldiers who died during the Second World War. To the right of the stele is a chapel made of ceramic bricks. The roof is made of wood, covered with roofing iron, painted "gold" in the shape of a regular octahedron.