Sumy region

Historical monument of local significance

1966

Soviet period (1922-1991)

abstract person(s)

mixed group

persons of war

The height of the sculpture - 2.3 m, the pedestal - 3.2 m.

modern and innovative materials

multi-figure composition

figurative art

Main text, additional text (if available) :

Yes

Russian

Honoring the culture of war victims, including memorialization

exists

Putivl City Council

The monument is dedicated to the partisan movement, which was launched in Putivl, in the Spadshchansky forest, where units under the command of S. Kovpak and S. Rudnev operated, and from where this movement spread further to western Ukraine and went down in history as the Carpathian Raid. Two figures - a man and a woman - on a complexly shaped pedestal-ceiling: the man in front, the woman (slightly behind, on the left) is presented in full-length. The partisan is dressed in a belted a semi-military-style cotton jacket that resembles a gymnastics uniform, a papa hat, and boots, a stick in his left hand and a rifle in his right, which he holds horizontally. Behind him is a woman in a short overcoat and boots, with her head uncovered. Her figure is represented in high relief and and stands a head taller than the partisan. The sculptural group is mounted on a complexly shaped brick plastered pedestal-ceiling - the main rectangular volume with protrusions on the sides and the inscription "City of Partisan Glory" turns into a rectangular stele with with the upper right corner removed (the head of a partisan woman is in the background). The expressive poses are restrained, but at the same time dynamic, indicate courage and inner confidence in of victory, the partisans seem to be eternal defenders of the Fatherland.