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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 Kam'yane village, 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)
sculptor A. Futerman
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
real person(s)
Gender :
mixed group
Social status :
persons of war
Components of the monument :
sculpture - 3.4 m, pedestal - 2.3 m, ceilings - 3.3 x 3.0 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 :
12 soldiers who died during the liberation of the village from German-Nazi invaders on February 20, 1943, August 20, 1943 and died of wounds in the hospitals stationed here are buried here. The names of 5 dead people are known. In 1957, the remains of the dead from different places were transferred to a mass grave, on which in the same year a concrete sculpture of a warrior with a memorial inscription on a brick pedestal was installed. In 1965, on both sides of the warrior's sculpture, 2 cemented brick steles were installed, on which 4 boards with the names of 200 soldiers, natives of the villages of Kam'yane, Kudra, and Chernyshki, who died during the Second World War, were fixed.