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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 Oleksandrivka village, Sumy district
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1958
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 - 2.8 m, pedestal - 1.1 m, stele - 3.8 x 3.5 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 :
https://smr.gov.ua/uk/
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
26 soldiers who died during the liberation of the village from German-Nazi invaders on September 5, 1943 and died of wounds between September 6 and 13, 1943 in the hospitals stationed here are buried. The names of 12 soldiers are known. In 1958, 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 1968, a brick-cemented stele with the names of 99 compatriot soldiers who died during the Second World War was installed near the warrior's sculpture.