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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 :
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 - 2.7 m, pedestal - 0.87 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 :
14 soldiers who died during the liberation of the station from the Nazi invaders on August 9, 1943 and died of wounds are buried. Surnames of the dead are unknown. In 1967, the remains of soldiers from different places were transferred to a mass grave, where a concrete sculpture of a soldier on a brick pedestal was installed in the same year.