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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 :
center of Chervlene village, Sumy district
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1967
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 - 2.57 m, pedestal - 1.6 m, stele - 2.55 x 4.6 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 :
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 :
Sumy city council
Institution’s website :
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
119 Soviet soldiers who died during the liberation of the village from German-Nazi invaders on February 22, 1943 and September 5, 1943 and died of wounds between September 6 and 12, 1943 in a field hospital are buried here. The names of all the dead are known. In 1952, the remains of the dead from different places were transferred to a mass grave, on which an obelisk was installed in the same year. In 1967, the obelisk was replaced by a concrete sculpture of a warrior with memorial inscriptions on a brick pedestal and a concrete tombstone. In the same year, 2 cemented brick steles were installed on both sides of the grave, on which 12 concrete boards with the names of 196 compatriot soldiers were placed.
