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Monument to the Hero of the Soviet Union V. Melezhik
Full name of the monument :

Monument to the Hero of the Soviet Union V. Melezhik

Region :
Poltava region
Address of the monument :
Lubenskyi district, Chornukhinska territorial community, village Belousivka
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1959 рік
Time classification according to the installation epoch :
Soviet period (1922-1991)
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
real person(s)
Gender :
male
Nationality :
Ukrainian
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
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 :
ChornukhinskaTerritorial Community
Institution’s website :
chornuhynska-gromada.gov.ua
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
Monument of monumental art. Vasiliy Melezhik was born in 1926 in the village of Belousivka (now Chernukhinsky District, Poltava Region). After finishing seven grades of school, he worked in a collective farm. In 1944, Melezhyk was drafted into the Red Army. From November of the same year, on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War, he was a rifleman of the 2nd Rifle Regiment of the 99th Rifle Division of the 46th Army of the 2nd Ukrainian Front. distinguished himself during the liberation of Hungary