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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 Kocherhy, 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)
sculptor I. Syroezhkin, architect I. Bashnin
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
real person(s)
Gender :
mixed group
Social status :
persons of war
Components of the monument :
ceilings - 1.6 x 1.8 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 :
64 residents of the village of Kocherhy, shot and tortured by the Nazi invaders during the period of temporary occupation of the village in 1941-43, are buried. During the Second World War, residents of the village of Kochergi helped S. Kovpak's partisan unit: they collected tools, created shelters, prepared food products. Surnames of the buried are unknown. The village was liberated on September 1, 1943. In 1973, four reinforced concrete steles with memorial inscriptions and the names of 149 compatriot soldiers who died during the war were erected on both sides of the mass grave and on the back side.