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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 :
Kyivska Str., village Korovyntsi, Romensky district
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1970
Time classification according to the installation epoch :
Soviet period (1922-1991)
sculptor P. Maslak
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
real person(s)
Gender :
mixed group
Social status :
persons of war
Components of the monument :
sculptural group - 3.17 m, pedestal - 2.44 m, stele - 2.35 x 15.72 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 :
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
Buried Manaenkov Volodymyr Petrovych (? - 11.09.1943) is a junior lieutenant who died during the liberation of the village from the Nazi invaders. The village was liberated on September 13, 1943. In 1970, a memorial was built and a concrete, copper-clad sculptural group of a soldier and a pioneer boy on a brick pedestal was installed. The earthen embankment on the grave is lined with ceramic tiles, a white marble slab with a memorial inscription is installed at a small angle. To the right of the grave there is a plastered brick stele on which 18 white marble boards with memorial texts and names of 426 compatriot soldiers who died during the Second World War are fixed.