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

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

Region :
Sumy region
Address of the monument :
Okhtyrka district, Lytovka village, village center
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1956 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
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 :
Chernechchyna village community
Institution’s website :
http://www.chotg.gov.ua/index.php/ua/
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
There are 9 soldiers from the 147th and 155th Infantry Divisions who were buried during the liberation of the village from the Nazi invaders on August 13, 1943 and died of wounds in the period from August 13 to December 1943 in the hospital stationed here. The names of all the dead are known: Privates S. Ivanov (military unit 95927), M. Travnikov (military unit 37273), V. Fedoseev (military unit 07674), M.Khudorodkov (military unit 77038), M.Krupin (640th SP 147th SD 13A), G.Plyukhov (959th SP 1st Ukrainian Front), Staff Sergeant L. Yugov, Lieutenant P. Protopopov (786th SP), Art. Lieutenant F.Sadykov (786th SP). In 1956, the remains of the dead were transferred from different places to a mass grave, where in the same year a concrete sculpture of the year a concrete sculpture of the soldier was installed. At the base of the pedestal, three cast-iron plates with inscriptions and the names of 6 fallen soldiers were installed. In 1975, two concrete steles were erected on both sides of the sculpture, on which two cast-iron plaques with the names of 44 soldiers who died during the Second World War II. The upper parts of the steles bear a memorial inscription. The historical monument is listed in the State Register of Immovable Monuments of Ukraine under local significance (protection 4070-CM). Order of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine dated 10.02.2020 No. 630.