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Mass grave of Soviet soldiers and Kashtan O.I. - partisan
Full name of the monument :
Mass grave of Soviet soldiers and Kashtan O.I. - partisan
Region :
Sumy region
Address of the monument :
center of the village of Vyazenka, Konotopsky district
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1957
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 - 2.8 m, pedestal - 1.6 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 :
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
Twenty one soldiers are buried. Died in the battles for the liberation of the village from the Nazi occupiers on September 3, 1943 and died of wounds in the hospital stationed here in the period from September 7 to November 6, 1943. The names of 16 soldiers are known. In 1957, a reinforced concrete sculpture of a warrior with a memorial inscription on a brick pedestal was installed on the grave.