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The mass grave of Soviet soldiers and a monument to compatriot soldiers
Full name of the monument :
The mass grave of Soviet soldiers and a monument to compatriot soldiers
Region :
Sumy region
Address of the monument :
the center of the village of Velikiy Vystorop, 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 :
warrior sculpture - 3.3 m,
pedestal - 1.12 m, sculpture of a woman - 3.1 m, pedestal - 0.5 m, bases - 0.8 x 3.49 m, obelisk - 2.5 m
Material :
mixed materials
Type of art composition :
complex
Artistic approach :
synthesis
Main text, additional text (if available) :
Yes
Nothing is forgotten, no one is forgotten, let's remember this, descendants! 261 of our fellow villagers died fighting for the freedom and independence of our Motherland in the Great Patriotic War.
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 :
In 1966, the remains of the dead from different places were transferred to a mass grave, on which in the same year a concrete sculpture of a warrior was installed with a memorial inscription on a brick pedestal and the names of the liberating warriors on a cast-iron tombstone. Concrete sculpture of a woman on a brick pedestal. Between the sculptures of a soldier (on a mass grave) and a woman (on a memorial sign), three cast-iron slabs on concrete bases with the names of 261 soldiers who died during the Second World War were installed world war In front of the slabs there is a brick cemented obelisk with a memorial inscription on a cast-iron board.
