Sumy region

the center of Tulygolovе village, Konotop district

Historical monument of local significance

1956

Soviet period (1922-1991)

real person(s)

mixed group

persons of war

sculpture - 2.9 m, pedestal - 4.5 m, stele - 10 x 3.5 m, side stele - 3.5 m

mixed materials

complex

synthesis

Main text, additional text (if available) :

Yes

memorial inscription

Ukrainian

Honoring the culture of war victims, including memorialization

exists

Konotop city council

9 Soviet soldiers who died during an air operation to defeat an enemy tank group, who died during defensive battles in September 1941, and who died in the battles for the liberation of the village from German-Nazi invaders, are buried here. The name of one deceased is known. The village was occupied on September 10, 1941, liberated on September 1, 1943. The remains of the fallen soldiers were reburied in a mass grave. Behind the grave is a reinforced concrete sculpture of a warrior on a brick pedestal. On the front side, in the upper part, against the background of a bas-relief image of unfurled flags, there is a board with an inscription. In front of the grave there is a metal plate with the name of the deceased. Three rectangular brick steles are installed behind the sculpture. In the upper part of the central stele there is a bas-relief image of the Order of Victory and an inscription. In front of the grave there is a rosette of Eternal Flame. On the side steles /3.5 m/ - the dates "1941 - 1945" and the image of the Order of the Patriotic War, in the corners - a bas-relief image of torches. On the ceilings there are 28 metal plates with the names of 285 compatriot soldiers who died on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War. A granite board with a dedication to H.Menshun - Hero of the Soviet Union is attached to the central ceiling.