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The mass grave of Soviet soldiers and the monument to the soldiers of the countryside
Full name of the monument :

The mass grave of Soviet soldiers and the monument to the soldiers of the countryside

Region :
Sumy region
Address of the monument :
Okhtyrka district, Vysoke village, Kharkivska street, village center
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1956 р., 1972 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 :
male
Social status :
intellectuals
Material :
stone
Type of art composition :
complex
Artistic approach :
synthesis
Main text, additional text (if available) :
Yes
Sculpture of a soldier - 2.65 m., pedestal - 2.73 m. Stele - 2.25 x 7.5 m.
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 :
Chernechchyna territorial community
Institution’s website :
http://www.chotg.gov.ua/index.php/ua/
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
408 soldiers of the 600th, 640th, 15th, 318th, 264th rifle regiments, 359th and 379th artillery regiments, the 39th tank regiment, and the 231st separate fighter anti-tank division, who were killed in action at the final stage of the Battle of Kursk in August 1943, which resulted in the liberation of many settlements of the Sumy region, including the village of Vysoke (August 11, 1943) as well as soldiers who died of wounds between August 12 and 25, 1943, in the hospital were buried here. The names of all the dead soldiers are known. In 1956, the remains of the dead were transferred from different places to a mass grave, where a concrete sculpture of the year a concrete sculpture of a soldier was installed. In the central part of the stele, there is a memorial inscription, and below it Twenty-two gray granite plaques with the names of 368 soldiers-liberators and 126 fallen soldiers from the countryside. The historical monument is listed in the State Register of Immovable Monuments of Ukraine under local significance (protection no. 4073-CM). Order of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine dated 10.02.2020 No. 630.