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The mass grave of Soviet soldiers, partisans, victims of Nazism and a monument to compatriot soldiers, including V.V. Trofimov. - Hero of the Soviet Union
Full name of the monument :
The mass grave of Soviet soldiers, partisans, victims of Nazism and a monument to compatriot soldiers, including V.V. Trofimov. - Hero of the Soviet Union
Region :
Sumy region
Address of the monument :
the center of Uhroidy, Sumy district
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1953
Time classification according to the installation epoch :
Soviet period (1922-1991)
sculptors A. Belostotsky, O. Suprun
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
real person(s)
Gender :
mixed group
Social status :
persons of war
Components of the monument :
sculpture - 2.65 m, pedestal - 3.35 m, stele - 13 x 3.10 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 :
31 Soviet soldiers who died in defensive battles for the village on October 17, 1941, who died during the liberation of the village from the German-Nazi invaders on February 23, 1943 and soldiers who died of wounds are buried; 2 partisans of M. Naumov's unit. The names of 26 soldiers and 2 partisans 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 with a memorial inscription on a brick pedestal was installed. There is a marble slab on the grave with an inscription and the names of the dead. In 1967, a concrete stele with an inscription and the names of 228 compatriot soldiers who died during the Second World War was installed to the right of the mass grave. Among the fallen soldiers-compatriots is Trofimov Volodymyr Vasyliovych - Hero of the Soviet Union. He showed courage and heroism in the battle for the village. Batovo, Nevel district, Pskov region. (Russian Federation). He died in the same battle.
