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A mass grave of victims of Nazism and a monument to compatriot soldiers
Full name of the monument :

A mass grave of victims of Nazism and a monument to compatriot soldiers

Region :
Sumy region
Address of the monument :
the center of the village of Volokytine, Konotopsky district
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1973
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 :
sculpture - 3.4 m, pedestal - 0.35 m, stele - 1.6 x 1.9 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 :
Konotop city council
Institution’s website :
https://konotop-rada.gov.ua/
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
Buried residents of the village were shot by German-fascist invaders during the temporary occupation of the village in 1941-43. During the Second World War, residents of the village The Volokytins helped S. Kovpak's partisan unit with food and were liaisons. The occupiers brutally dealt with the unruly village: 248 people were shot and tortured, 5 died after torture. In 1973, the remains of those buried from different places were transferred to a mass grave, on which a reinforced concrete sculpture of a grieving woman on a brick pedestal was installed in the same year. To the right of the mass grave, there are three reinforced concrete steles with a memorial inscription and the names of 209 compatriot soldiers who died during the Second World War.