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Mass grave of participants in the civil war, Soviet soldiers, among whom O.M. Kalinin is buried. – Hero of the Soviet Union and a monument to country soldiers
Full name of the monument :
Mass grave of participants in the civil war, Soviet soldiers, among whom O.M. Kalinin is buried. – Hero of the Soviet Union and a monument to country soldiers
Region :
Sumy region
Address of the monument :
the center of Krasnopillya, Sumy district
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1969
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 - 3.0 m, pylon - 7.5 m, stele - 1.3 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 :
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 :
Sumy city council
Institution’s website :
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
5 participants of the civil war, shot by Denikinians in August 1919, are buried. The names of all the dead are known. In the same grave are buried 299 Soviet soldiers who died in the battles for the liberation of the village from the German-Nazi invaders in March - August 1943 and died of wounds in the hospital. The village was liberated on August 8, 1943. The names of all the buried soldiers are known.
Oleksiy Mykolayovych Kalinin is a hero among the buried
of the Soviet Union (January 10, 1944, posthumously). In the battle near Volkov's farm, he closed the embrasure of the dzot with his body. In 1967, the remains of the dead from different places were transferred to a mass grave, on which
a reinforced concrete sculpture of a warrior and a pylon were installed.
On the right and left sides in front of the sculpture of the warrior, there are stelae with the names of the participants in the civil war and inscriptions. Boards with the names of fallen Soviet soldiers and an inscription are attached to the inclined base. In 1970, on both sides of the mass grave, boards with
with the names of 678 compatriot soldiers who died on the fronts of the Second World War, an inscription and a bas-relief image of the Orders of Victory, the Patriotic War and the grieving mother.
