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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 :
school yard in the village of Revky, Sumy 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
Material :
mixed materials
Type of art composition :
multi-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 :
47 soldiers who died during the liberation of the village from German-Nazi invaders on February 23, 1943 and August 20, 1943 are buried. The names of 24 soldiers are known. In 1965, the remains of the dead from different places were transferred to a mass grave, on which in the same year a cast-iron plate with a memorial inscription and a concrete sculptural group of a warrior and a girl on a brick pedestal were installed.