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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, Kardashivka village
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1956 р., 2007 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 sculpture of the soldier is 2.6 m high, and the pedestal is 3.05 m high.
Material :
stone
Type of art composition :
complex
Artistic approach :
synthesis
Main text, additional text (if available) :
Yes
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 village community
Institution’s website :
http://www.chotg.gov.ua/index.php/ua/
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
111 soldiers from the units of the 147th, 155th and 241st Infantry Divisions and the 13th Tank Brigade who died during the liberation of the village from the Nazi invaders in August 1943 and died of their wounds in the 4338th surgical field hospital. The village was liberated on 27 August 1943. The names of all the buried soldiers are known. In 1956, the remains of the dead were transferred from different places to a mass grave, where a concrete sculpture of a soldier was installed. On the brick pedestal, there are two metal plaques with a memorial inscription and the names of the fallen soldiers and a white marble plaque with a memorial inscription. The historical monument is listed in the State Register of Immovable Monuments of Ukraine under the category of local significance (protection no. 4078-CM). Order of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine of 10.02.2020 No. 630.