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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 Mykhailivka village, Sumy district
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1964
Time classification according to the installation epoch :
Soviet period (1922-1991)
architect O. Abramov
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
real person(s)
Gender :
mixed group
Social status :
persons of war
Components of the monument :
sculptural group - 2.62 m, pedestal - 1.64 m, stele - 5.14 x 0.71 x 2.33 m
Material :
mixed materials
Type of art composition :
complex
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 :
https://smr.gov.ua/uk/
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
99 soldiers who died during the liberation of the village from German-Nazi invaders on February 22, 1943 and September 4, 1943 and soldiers who died of wounds between September 5 and 12, 1943 are buried. The names of 66 dead are known. In 1964, the remains of soldiers from different places were transferred to a mass grave, on which in the same year a concrete sculptural group of a soldier and a girl with memorials was installed inscriptions on a brick pedestal and a concrete tombstone. In 1970, 2 cemented brick steles were installed on both sides of the grave, on which 8 cast-iron slabs with the names of 328 soldiers of the village were fixed. Mykhailivka, Bayrak, Krynychki, Barila, Pershotravneve, Stepne, Shumyla, who died during the Second World War world war