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Mass grave of Soviet soldiers and monument to sugar factory workers
Full name of the monument :
Mass grave of Soviet soldiers and monument to sugar factory workers
Region :
Sumy region
Address of the monument :
near the office of the sugar factory, village Chernechchyna, Sumy district
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1967
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 - 2.5 m, pedestal - 2.6 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 :
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
Buried soldiers who died during the liberation of the village from German-Nazi invaders from August 7 to 9, 1943 and
died of wounds in the hospital. The village was liberated on August 9, 1943. The names of 41 soldiers are known. In 1957, the remains of the dead from different places were transferred to a mass grave at the cemetery. In 1962, the remains were reburied in the administrative building of the sugar factory. In the same year, a reinforced concrete sculpture of a warrior on a brick pedestal was installed on the grave. In 1967, memorial signs were erected on both sides of the mass grave in honor of the workers of the Hryaznyansk sugar factory who died on the fronts of the Second World War. Reconstruction was carried out in 1983. Concrete slabs with inscriptions and names of 30 sugar factory workers who died on the fronts of the Second World War have been installed near the monument on sloping bases.
