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Mass grave of Soviet soldiers
Full name of the monument :

Mass grave of Soviet soldiers

Region :
Sumy region
Address of the monument :
the center of Bilka village, Okhtyrskyi district
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1957
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 - 4.03 m
Material :
stone
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 :
Okhtyrska city council
Institution’s website :
https://okhtyrkamr.gov.ua/
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
71 soldiers who died on February 22 and August 19, 1943 during the liberation of the village from the Nazi invaders and died of wounds are buried here. The names of all the dead are known. In 1955, the remains of soldiers from different places were transferred to a mass grave, on which a reinforced concrete sculpture of a soldier was installed in the same year. On the front side of the brick pedestal there is a metal board with a memorial inscription and the names of the fallen soldiers.