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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 :
the center of the village of Garbuzivka, Sumy district
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1957
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 - 3.05 m, pedestal - 2.6 m
Material :
mixed materials
Type of art composition :
one-figure composition
Artistic approach :
figurative art
Main text, additional text (if available) :
Yes
memorial inscription
Language(s) of the text :
Ukrainian
Narrative commemorates :
Ukrainian national resistance during the Lithuanian-Polish era
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 :
118 soldiers of the 309th Infantry Division, who died during the liberation of the village from German-Nazi invaders on August 17-19, 1943 and died of wounds in the 306th separate medical battalion, were buried. The village was liberated on August 19, 1943. The names of 46 victims are known. In 1957, a concrete sculpture of a warrior was installed on the grave, replaced in 1980 with a new one with a memorial inscription on a brick pedestal. Around the grave there are 8 concrete slabs with the names of 152 soldiers, natives of the villages of Garbuzivka, Karavan, Panchenka, Savenka, Steblinka, Sytnyki, Tuchy, Kharchenko, Yarosh, who died during the Second World War.