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Fraternal group: the grave of fighters for the establishment of Soviet power, participants in the civil war, Soviet soldiers and the grave of Soviet soldiers and a monument to compatriot soldiers
Full name of the monument :

Fraternal group: the grave of fighters for the establishment of Soviet power, participants in the civil war, Soviet soldiers and the grave of Soviet soldiers and a monument to compatriot soldiers

Region :
Sumy region
Address of the monument :
Peremogy square, Putivl city, Konotop 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)
sculptor I. Syroezhkin, architect M. Bashnin
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
real person(s)
Gender :
mixed group
Social status :
persons of war
Components of the monument :
pylon - 17.4 m, stele - 1.87 x 37.25 m
Material :
mixed materials
Type of art composition :
architectural object(s)
Artistic approach :
abstract art
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 :
Konotop city council
Institution’s website :
https://konotop-rada.gov.ua/
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
Among the buried - the first chairman of the Putivl regional committee I. Huzeev, the secretary of the Putivl regional committee of the CP(b)U V. Rybkin, Soviet activists of lieutenant colonel D. Nikitin and S. Kalachevskyi, residents of Putivlia, shot in 1918, 1941-1943, underground. In the same grave are buried 77 Soviet soldiers and 1 partisan who died in early September 1941 in defensive battles, when the city was in the war zone, and those who died on September 2, 1943 during the liberation of Putivl from the Nazis invaders The known surnames of the 23 soldiers and the partisan - A. Kovalenko. In 1957, a reinforced concrete sculpture of a warrior with a memorial inscription on a brick pedestal was installed on the grave. In 1975, the remains of Soviet activists and soldiers from various places were transferred to a mass grave. In the same year, a reinforced concrete pylon with bas-relief images of Red Army soldiers, soldiers, partisans, and a grieving mother was installed on the grave. Five brass plates with the names of the buried are placed in front of the grave on a concrete base. A reinforced concrete stele with inscriptions and names of 558 compatriot soldiers who died on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War was installed on the back side of the pylon. In 2001, the remains of 11 Soviet soldiers who died in early September 1941 in defensive battles with German-fascist invaders near the village were reburied in front of the stele. Volokytyne In the same year on grave, a granite board with a memorial inscription is installed on the sloping base.