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The mass grave of Soviet soldiers and a monument to compatriot soldiers, including Khitsenko I.I. - Hero of the Soviet Union
Full name of the monument :

The mass grave of Soviet soldiers and a monument to compatriot soldiers, including Khitsenko I.I. - Hero of the Soviet Union

Region :
Sumy region
Address of the monument :
center of Slavgorod village, Sumy district
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1958
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 - 2.9 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 :
42 soldiers who died on August 7-8, 1943 were buried. The village was liberated on August 8, 1943. The names of all the dead are known. In 1958, 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 soldier on a brick pedestal and three concrete slabs with an inscription and the names of the fallen soldiers were installed. On the front side of the pedestal there is a board with an inscription. In 1969, on both sides of the mass grave, 12 boards with the names of 323 compatriot soldiers who died during the Second World War and two boards with a memorial text and a bas-relief image of battle episodes were installed on concrete bases. Among the fallen soldiers-compatriots - Khytsenko Ivan Ivanovich - Hero of the Soviet Union (July 29, 1945). On January 15, 1945, I. Khitsenko died in a battle with ten enemy heavy tanks. Awarded the Order of Lenin, the Red Star, a medal.