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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, Chernechchyna village, village centre
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1957 р., 1967 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 2.66 m, the pedestal is 3.67 m, and the stele is 2.1 x 4.2 m.
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 territorial community
Institution’s website :
http://www.chotg.gov.ua/index.php/ua/
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
There are 36 soldiers buried who fell during the liberation of the village from the Nazis in February 1943, when the village was in the combat zone of the 206th Infantry Division and in August 1943, when the village was in the combat zone of the 155th, 166th infantry divisions and the 291st Divisions and the 291st Assault Aviation Division. The village was liberated on 25 August 1943. We know the names of all the buried soldiers. In 1957, the remains of the dead were transferred from different places to a mass grave, where a concrete sculpture of a year, a concrete sculpture of a soldier with a memorial inscription was installed on a a memorial inscription on a brick pedestal. In 1967, a memorial was erected. The names of 176 fallen soldiers are listed on the plaques and on the slabs. In the central part of the stele is a bas-relief image of three soldiers. The historical monument is listed in the State Register of Immovable Monuments of Ukraine under the category of local significance (protection no. 4096-CM). Order of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine of 10.02.2020 No. 630.