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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 :
the center of Oleksiivka village, Sumy district
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1975
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 :
stele 1 - 4.0 m, stele 2 - 2.0 x 19.8 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 :
75 soldiers who died during the liberation of the village from the Nazi invaders on March 10 and August 3, 1943 and died of wounds during the period March - August 20, 1943 in hospitals are buried. The names of 49 soldiers are known. In 1959, the remains of soldiers from different places were transferred to a mass grave, on which a concrete sculpture of a soldier was installed in the same year. Reconstruction was carried out in 1985. The sculpture of the warrior was replaced by a concrete stele in the shape of a "sail" with a bas-relief image of a warrior in a helmet. Two rectangular concrete triangles are attached to the top of the stele, which are connected at the top so that in the projection they form a five-pointed star. At an angle to the stele on a concrete base, 2 cast-iron tombstones with memorial inscriptions and the names of fallen soldiers are placed. To the left of the grave, there is a sandstone stele with 11 cast-iron plates with 123 names of compatriot soldiers who died during the Second World War and memorial texts.
