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The mass grave of Soviet soldiers
Full name of the monument :

The mass grave of Soviet soldiers

Region :
Sumy region
Address of the monument :
Okhtyrka district, Shchomy village (formerly Zhovtneve), Shkilna street, village center
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1957 р., 2014 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 :
The sculpture of a soldier is 3.5 meters, the pedestal is 3 meters.
Material :
mixed materials
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 :
Komyshany village council
Institution’s website :
http://komyshi-otg.gov.ua/index.php/ua/upra/work
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
178 soldiers of the 206th Rifle Division of the 47th Army and the 4th Guards Division of the 27th Army were buried, who died in the battles for liberation the village from the Nazi on August 25, 1943 and died of wounds in the 756th field hospital. The names of all the buried soldiers are known. In 1957, the remains of the dead were brought from different places to a mass grave, where a concrete sculpture of the year a concrete sculpture of a soldier was installed. A cast-iron plaque with a memorial inscription is fixed on a brick pedestal. The historical monument is listed in the State Register of Immovable Monuments of Ukraine under the category of local significance (protection no.4064-CM). Order of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine dated 10.02.2020 No. 630.