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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 :
near the elementary school of the village of Zeleny Gai, Sumy district
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1960
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 - 2.55 m, pedestal - 1.9 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 :
https://smr.gov.ua/uk/
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
174 soldiers who died during the liberation of the village from German-Nazi invaders in the period from August 30 to September 6, 1943 and died of wounds in the period from September 7 to October 7, 1943 in the hospitals stationed here are buried. The village was liberated on September 6, 1943. The names of 21 victims are known. In 1960, 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 1969, to the right of the grave, a cemented brick stele with the names of 50 compatriot soldiers who died during the Second World War was installed.