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The mass grave of Soviet soldiers and the monument to the soldiers of the land
Full name of the monument :
The mass grave of Soviet soldiers and the monument to the soldiers of the land
Region :
Sumy region
Address of the monument :
Okhtyrka district, Karpylivka village, Parkova street, village center
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1957 р., 1959 р., 1970 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 :
Pylon - 7.0 m, sculptures of a warrior - 2.5 m, sculpture of a woman - 2.8 m, steles - 3.2 x 3.5 m.
Material :
stone
Type of art composition :
complex
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 :
Komyshanka village community
Institution’s website :
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
82 soldiers of the 377th Infantry Division, the 7th Mechanized Brigade of the 3rd
Mechanized Corps and the 35th Tank Brigade, who fell during the liberation of the village from the Nazi invaders on September 1, 1943. The names of 46 soldiers are known.
In 1957, the remains of the dead were brought from different places to the mass grave, where a concrete sculpture of a soldier was installed in 1959.
In 1970, the memorial was reconstructed. Near the grave there is a concrete pylon crowned with the Order of Glory. At the bottom of the pylon and on its base
two concrete plaques with memorial inscriptions are fixed at the bottom of the pylon and on its base.
On both sides of the pylon there are two brick cemented steles
on which are fixed 5 concrete plaques with inscriptions and names of the liberators and 105
soldiers who fell in the Second World War. The historical monument is listed in the State Register of Immovable Monuments of Ukraine under the category of local significance (protection no. 4061-CM). Order of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine dated 10.02.2020 No. 630.