- +38(0542)68-77-87
- 116, Kharkivska st., Sumy, Ukraine
- info@el.sumdu.edu.ua
Mass grave of Soviet soldiers, partisans and a monument to compatriot soldiers
Full name of the monument :
Mass grave of Soviet soldiers, partisans and a monument to compatriot soldiers
Region :
Sumy region
Address of the monument :
the center of the village of Vasylivka, Sumy district
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1954
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 :
sculpture - 2.50 m, pedestal - 2.2 m, stele - 4.5 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 :
Sumy city council
Institution’s website :
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
70 Soviet soldiers who died during the first attempt to liberate the village from German-Nazi invaders in February 1943 were buried. Those who died on September 8, 1943 during the battles for the final liberation of the village and soldiers, and died of wounds between September 8 and 11 in the hospital . Also buried in the grave are 5 partisans of the "For the Motherland!" connection of the Hero of the Soviet Union M. Naumov. The names of all the dead are known. In 1954, the remains of soldiers from different places were transferred to a mass grave, on which in the same year a concrete sculpture of a soldier with a memorial inscription on a brick pedestal was installed. In 1965, a brick stele with the names of 324 soldiers of the village was installed to the right of the warrior sculpture. Vasylivka, Myrne, Novosilske, Pomirky, Savonykha, Tirlo, Khorol, which died during the Second World War.
