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The mass grave of Soviet soldiers and the monument to the soldiers of the countryside
Full name of the monument :

The mass grave of Soviet soldiers and the monument to the soldiers of the countryside

Region :
Sumy region
Address of the monument :
Okhtyrka district, Hrun village, village center
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1956 р., 1975 р., 1939–1945 рр.
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
Size :
Sculpture of a soldier - 2.7 meters, pedestal - 2 meters, stele - 2.3 x 15.65 meters
Material :
stone
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 :
Hrunska village community
Institution’s website :
https://grunska-gromada.gov.ua/
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
Eight partisans of the partisan detachment under the command of P. Kul'omza were buried, who who died in a battle with the Nazis in 1942. During the occupation of the village by the Nazi invaders in October 1941, two underground groups were created in the village partisan groups were created in the village in October 1941, which were later transformed into partisan units. One of these groups, under the command of P. Kul'omza operated in the Hrynka district, the other in the Vovchansk forests in Kharkiv region. The names of all the dead partisans are known: I. Bondar, A. Haidych, P. Yevtushenko, S. Kuts, K. Prus, F. Sudia, H. Udovychenko, and M. Shapar. In the same mass grave, 47 soldiers of the 206th and 100th infantry divisions, the 183rd Tank Brigade of the 10th Tank Corps, who died on August 26, 1943 during the liberation of of the village. The names of all the dead are known. Among the fallen soldiers-fellow countrymen are Andrii Mykolaiovych Dekhtiarenko (1909 - 42) - Hero of the of the Soviet Union (21.07.1942), squadron commander of the 580th Fighter Aviation Regiment, Lieutenant.