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The mass grave of Soviet soldiers
Full name of the monument :

The mass grave of Soviet soldiers

Region :
Sumy region
Address of the monument :
Okhtyrka district, Vysoke village, Okhtyrska street, hospital yard
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1964 р., 1980 р., 1939–1945 рр.
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 :
The obelisk is 2.7 meters high.
Material :
stone
Type of art composition :
complex
Artistic approach :
figurative art
Main text, additional text (if available) :
Yes
Language(s) of the text :
Russian
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 :
Chernechchyna territorial community
Institution’s website :
http://www.chotg.gov.ua/index.php/ua/
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
The mass grave is located on the territory of the of the Second Regional Psychiatric Hospital. There are 17 soldiers from the units of the 218th, 147th, and 166th infantry divisions buried here who died in August 1943, during the liberation of the village from the Nazi invaders, and also died of wounds from August 12 to September 4, 1943, in the hospital located here. The village was liberated on August 11, 1943. A resident of the village Bezdravko Semen Denysovych, who died on 17 August 1943. The circumstances of his death are unknown. In 1964, a concrete sculpture of a soldier was installed on the grave, replaced in 1980 by an obelisk with bas-relief images of a pilot, a soldier, and a tanker. The lower part of the obelisk is made of brick; the upper part is made of concrete. At the base of the obelisk, a metal plaque with The historical monument is listed in the State Register of Immovable Monuments of Ukraine under the category of local significance (protection no.4074-CM). Order of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine dated 10.02.2020 No. 630.