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The mass grave of Soviet soldiers and the monument to soldiers from the countryside
Full name of the monument :

The mass grave of Soviet soldiers and the monument to soldiers from the countryside

Region :
Sumy region
Address of the monument :
Okhtyrka district, Komyshy village, Kyivska street, village center
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1958 р., 1975 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
Components of the monument :
Pedestal - 3.5 meters, sculpture of a soldier - 3.0 meters, sculpture of a woman - 2.95 meters, pylon - 8.36 meters, steles - 3.5 x 3.75 meters.
Material :
stone
Type of art composition :
complex
Artistic approach :
synthesis
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 :
http://komyshi-otg.gov.ua/index.php/ua/
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
The 54 soldiers who fell during the liberation of the village from Nazi invaders in August 1943, when the village was in the combat zone of the 206th Infantry Division of the 47th Army and died of wounds in the 756th field mobile hospital, 455th medical sanatorium and 2294th field mobile evacuation hospital. The village was liberated on August 28, 1943. We know the names of all the victims. In 1958, the remains of the dead were brought from different places to the mass grave, where a concrete sculpture of the year a concrete sculpture of a soldier was installed. The historical monument is listed in the State Register of Immovable Monuments of Ukraine under the category of local significance (protection no. 4062-SM). Order of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine dated 10.02.2020 No. 630.