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Mass grave of participants of the civil war and Soviet soldiers
Full name of the monument :
Mass grave of participants of the civil war and Soviet soldiers
Region :
Sumy region
Address of the monument :
Volya square, Lebedyn city, Sumy district
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1966
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 :
sculptural group - 2.60 m, pedestal - 2.70 m
Material :
mixed materials
Type of art composition :
complex
Artistic approach :
synthesis
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 :
Lebedyn city council
Institution’s website :
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
The participants of the civil war who died in 1919 - 29 are buried; 15 Soviet soldiers who died during the liberation of the city from German-Nazi invaders on August 19, 1943 by units of the 52nd Rifle Corps as part of: 161st, 309th, Rifle Divisions, 14th Fighter Brigade; The 2nd Tank Corps includes: the 26th, 99th Tank Brigades, the 58th Motorized Rifle Tank Brigade, the 15th Separate Guards Breakthrough Tank Regiment and the 202nd Breakthrough Tank Regiment and soldiers. who died of wounds in the hospitals located here: 6046, 5161, 1404, 2676, 1067, 3502, 1111, 596, 2201. The names of 17 participants in the civil war and 5 liberating soldiers are known. In 1964, the remains of the fallen soldiers were reburied in the grave of the participants of the civil war, on which in 1966 a concrete sculptural group of a Red Army soldier and a sailor and a concrete tombstone with the names of the dead were installed. There are memorial inscriptions on the front side of the brick pedestal.
