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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 :
Shevchenka Str., 14, Trostyanets, Okhtyrskyi district
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1965
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 - 2.6 m, pedestal - 2.71 m
Material :
mixed materials
Type of art composition :
one-figure composition
Artistic approach :
figurative art
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 :
160 soldiers who died on February 21 and August 8-19, 1943 during the liberation of the city from fascist invaders and died of wounds in hospitals located here. The city was liberated on August 19, 1943. In 1965, the remains of soldiers from different places were transferred to a mass grave, on which a concrete sculpture of a woman on a pedestal was installed in the same year.