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Mass grave of Soviet soldiers and partisans
Full name of the monument :

Mass grave of Soviet soldiers and partisans

Region :
Sumy region
Address of the monument :
center of the village of Vesele, Konotopsky district
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1958
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 - 2.6 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 :
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 :
Konotop city council
Institution’s website :
https://konotop-rada.gov.ua/
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
Partisans from S. Kovpak's partisan unit were buried. Died in the battle with the Nazis on February 28, 1942. Soldiers who died in the battles for the liberation of the village from the Nazi invaders on September 2, 1943 and eleven Soviet soldiers who died of wounds in the hospital stationed here in August 1943 are buried here. The names of two soldiers are known. In 1958, the remains of the dead from different places were transferred to a mass grave, on which in the same year a reinforced concrete sculpture of a warrior with a memorial inscription on a brick pedestal was installed.