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The place where the line of defense of the Soviet troops ran in 1941 and the first salvo from Katyusha rocket launchers was launched
Full name of the monument :

The place where the line of defense of the Soviet troops ran in 1941 and the first salvo from Katyusha rocket launchers was launched

Region :
Sumy region
Address of the monument :
To the northeast of the city, 8 km along the road Lebedyn - Mykhailivka. Lebedyn city, Sumy district
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1965
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 :
base - 2.4 m
Material :
mixed materials
Type of art composition :
technical or industrial ready-made object(s)
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 :
Lebedyn city council
Institution’s website :
https://lebedynrada.gov.ua/
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
From September 18 to October 8, 1941, the first line of defense of the city by Soviet troops was located here. The defense was held by units of the 21st Army under the command of General Y. Cherevichenko, the 2nd Cavalry Corps of General P. Belov (North-Western Front) and the First Rifle Division of General I. Rusiyanov, which was the first in the Red Army to be awarded the rank of Guards. On September 26, 1941, Soviet soldiers - artillerymen of the 1st Division of the 6th Guards Mortar Regiment under the command of Captain B. Kyslytskyi and Commissar, Senior Political Engineer K. Yunak, opened fire from Katyusha rocket mortars for the first time on this part of the front. In 1965, an obelisk was installed at the place where the first line of defense of the city and the command post of the 40th Army was located. It was replaced in 1976 by a Katyusha-type BM-13 rocket mortar mounted on the chassis of a ZIS-58 car and installed on a rubble base. a stone on which a cast-iron board with a memorial inscription is fixed.