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Monument-bust to the young partisan Hrysha Didenko
Full name of the monument :

Monument-bust to the young partisan Hrysha Didenko

Region :
Poltava region
Address of the monument :
Shyshakha district, Kovalivka village, near the school
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1970 р.
Time classification according to the installation epoch :
Soviet period (1922-1991)
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
real person(s)
Gender :
male
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 :
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 :
Shyshatska territorial community
Institution’s website :
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
During the entire period of resistance in the occupied territories of the USSR, according to some sources, about 33,000 children and adolescents under the age of 18 went through the crucible of war.The names of partisan heroes who turned out to be children who were not indifferent to the fate of their lands are known in Poltava region. In the village of Kovalivka (Shyshaky district, Poltava region), a young partisan liaison officer, Hryhorii Didenko, was killed by German executioners. A monument of monumental art