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

The mass grave of Soviet soldiers and a monument to compatriot soldiers

Region :
Sumy region
Address of the monument :
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1962
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 - 2.0 m, pedestal - 2.2 m, stele - 2.7 x 3.52 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 :
Romny city council
Institution’s website :
https://romny-vk.gov.ua/
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
65 soldiers who died on September 9, 1943 during the liberation of the village from the Nazi invaders are buried here. The names of all the dead are known. In 1950, the remains of the dead from different places were transferred to a mass grave, on which a wooden obelisk was installed in the same year. In 1962, the obelisk was replaced by a reinforced concrete sculpture of a warrior. On the front side of the brick pedestal there is a board with an inscription. At a distance of 7.0 m on both sides of the monument, two brick stelae are installed, on which 25 surnames of compatriots who died during the civil war and 197 surnames of compatriots who died during the Second World War and memorial inscription.