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Mass grave of Soviet soldiers, victims of Nazism and a monument to compatriot soldiers
Full name of the monument :
Mass grave of Soviet soldiers, victims of Nazism and a monument to compatriot soldiers
Region :
Sumy region
Address of the monument :
the center of the village of Mezyrych, Sumy district
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1965
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 - 3.3 m, pedestal - 2.9 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 :
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 :
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
105 soldiers who died during the liberation of the village from German-Nazi invaders on March 1, 1943, September 2, 1943 and died of wounds between September 4 and 8, 1943 in the hospital were buried; villagers shot by the Nazis in 1941 for helping the partisans. The names of 35 soldiers and 8 civilians are known. In 1951, the remains of the dead from different places were transferred to a mass grave, on which a concrete sculpture of a warrior was installed in 1965. On the front side of the brick pedestal there are memorial inscriptions on concrete and 2 side metal boards.
