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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 Novodmytrivka village, Sumy district
Status :
National significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1953
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 - 2.7 m, pedestal - 2.5 m
Material :
mixed materials
Type of art composition :
one-figure composition
Artistic approach :
figurative art
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 :
https://smr.gov.ua/uk/
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
88 soldiers who died during the liberation of the village from German-Nazi invaders in March - August 1943 and soldiers who died of wounds in the hospitals stationed here are buried here. The village was finally liberated on August 7, 1943. The names of all the dead are known. In 1953, the remains of the dead from different places were transferred to a mass grave, on which in the same year a reinforced concrete sculpture of a warrior on a brick pedestal was installed. Plates with inscriptions and names of fallen soldiers are attached to the grave. In 1973, plaques with the names of 78 were installed on both sides of the grave on concrete bases compatriot soldiers who died on the fronts of the Second World War.