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Mass grave of the participants of the Haydamac uprising
Full name of the monument :
Mass grave of the participants of the Haydamac uprising
Region :
Zhytomyr region
Address of the monument :
Zhytomyr district, village Kodnya, south of the village
Status :
National significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1768 рік
Time classification according to the installation epoch :
Ancient period by the end of XVII centuries
Artist(s) :
Zhytomyr Art Workshop
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
real person(s)
Social status :
persons of war
Material :
stone
Type of art composition :
architectural object(s)
Artistic approach :
abstract art
Main text, additional text (if available) :
Yes
Eternal glory to the people's fighters of Koliivshchyna 1768-1968
Language(s) of the text :
Ukrainian
Narrative commemorates :
Ukrainian national resistance during the Lithuanian-Polish era
The preservation state of the monument at the time of the research :
exists
Institution responsible for maintenance :
Kodnya village council
Institution’s website :
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
The mass grave of the participants of the Haydamac uprising "Koliivshchyna" is a historical monument of 1768, located in the village of Kodnya, Zhytomyr district. A grave in the form of a mound on which a granite block is installed. On the front polished part is engraved the inscription: "Eternal glory to the people's fighters of Koliivshchyna 1768-1968". "Koliivshchyna" is a great national liberation anti-feudal uprising of 1768 in Right Bank Ukraine against Polish-noble oppression. The peasants of Kodnya were active participants in the people's liberation uprising. That is why it became the site of a bloody massacre of the participants of the heroic struggle: 3 thousand people were executed. On June 28, 1968, in honor of the 200th anniversary of the uprising of Ukrainian Cossacks and peasants against the Polish nobility, a monument made by the Zhytomyr Art Workshops was erected
