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Memorial sign in honor of Potebny O.P. - Ukrainian scientist-philologist
Full name of the monument :

Memorial sign in honor of Potebny O.P. - Ukrainian scientist-philologist

Region :
Sumy region
Address of the monument :
The center of Havrylivka village, Romenskyі district
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1978
Time classification according to the installation epoch :
Soviet period (1922-1991)
sculptor Ya. Krasnozhon
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
real person(s)
Gender :
male
Nationality :
Ukrainian
Social status :
intellectuals
Components of the monument :
dimensions - 2.5 x 1.0 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 :
Ukrainian statehood from the IX to the XVIII centuries
The preservation state of the monument at the time of the research :
exists
Institution responsible for maintenance :
Romenska miska rada
Institution’s website :
https://romny-vk.gov.ua/
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
Oleksandr Opanasovych Potebnya (September 22, 1835, Maniv village, near the village of Grishine - December 11, 1891, Kharkiv) - an outstanding linguist, folklorist, literary critic, teacher, corresponding member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1877), master of Slavic philology ( 1860), doctor of philological sciences (1874), professor (1875). He came from a Cossack family. The monument is a vertical slab of broken granite on a cement base resting on a flat concrete stylobate. On the front side in the upper part of the stele - a cast-iron memorial plaque with a relief portrait of the scientist and a dedicatory inscription. The path leading to the ceiling and the area in front of it are paved with square concrete slabs.