Sumy region

Okhtyrka district, Bakyrivka village, village center

Historical monument of local significance

1956 р., 1965 р., 1939–1945 рр.

Soviet period (1922-1991)

real person(s)

mixed group

persons of war

The sculpture of the warrior is 2.7 meters high, the pedestal is 2.76 meters high, and the stelae are 1.9 x 2.0 meters.

mixed materials

complex

figurative art

Main text, additional text (if available) :

Yes

Russian

Honoring the culture of war victims, including memorialization

exists

Chernechchyna territorial community

The soldiers of the 640th Rifle Regiment and the 379th Artillery Regiment who died during the liberation of the village from the Nazi invaders in August 1943 and died of wounds from 12 to 18 August 1943, in a hospital located here. The village was liberated on August 12, 1943. The names of The names of 42 soldiers are known. In 1956, the remains of the dead were transferred from different places to a mass grave, where a concrete sculpture of a year and a concrete sculpture of a soldier was installed. On a brick pedestal on the A marble plaque with a memorial inscription is fixed on the brick pedestal on the front side. In 1965, the memorial was reconstructed, and a memorial complex was built. On both sides of the sculpture are brick cemented steles, each of them 2 black marble plaques with the names of 58 fallen soldiers from the countryside are mounted on each. To the left and right of the pedestal on concrete bases are cast-iron plates (2 on each side) with texts on each side) with texts and names of the soldiers-liberators. In front of the pedestal, a cast-iron plate with a memorial inscription is installed at an angle. The historical monument is listed in the State Register of Immovable Monuments of Ukraine under the category of local significance (protection 4065-CM). Order of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine dated 10.02.2020 No. 630.