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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 Kurgan village, Sumy district
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1963
Time classification according to the installation epoch :
Soviet period (1922-1991)
sculptor S. Astaulov
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
real person(s)
Gender :
mixed group
Social status :
persons of war
Components of the monument :
sculpture - 3.8 m, pedestal - 1.3 m, base 1 - 1.0 x 8.0 m, bases 2, 3 - 1.0 x 3.65 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 :
169 Soviet soldiers who died during defensive battles for the village in late September and early October 1941 were buried, and soldiers who died during the liberation of the village from German-Nazi invaders on February 25, 1943, and died of wounds in the 306th separate medsanbat between October 27 and October 10, 1943. The names of 33 victims are known. In 1963, the remains of fallen soldiers from different places were transferred to a mass grave, on which in the same year a concrete sculpture of a soldier was installed on a brick plastered pedestal and a cast-iron tombstone with an inscription was placed. In 1976, 36 cast-iron slabs with the names of 288 soldiers, natives of the villages of Kurgan, Kulyki, Lozovo, Hrushevo, Plitnevo, who died during the Second World War, were installed on three sides of the warrior sculpture on three concrete bases.