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Communal grave and place of commemoration of the victims of the Holodomor in 1932-1933
Full name of the monument :
Communal grave and place of commemoration of the victims of the Holodomor in 1932-1933
Short or non-official name :
Monument to the victims of the Holodomor
Region :
Sumy region
Address of the monument :
Village of Pisky, Buryn district, Sumy region
Status :
National significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
2008 р.
Time classification according to the installation epoch :
Ukrainian sovereignty from 1991
Artist(s) :
M. Bondarenko
Artist and writer
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
real person(s)
Gender :
mixed group
Material :
mixed materials
Type of art composition :
architectural object(s)
Artistic approach :
abstract art
Main text, additional text (if available) :
Yes
200 men, women and children who died during Holodomor in 1932-1933 are buried in this burrow, which has become a communal grave. In celebration and in mourning of life, forgive our short minds, your names have we forgotten. Unknown are those, who have been buried in cellars, ditches, at roadsides. God rest their souls, as we beg thee to forgive us…
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 :
Buryn City Council
Institution’s website :
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
The memorial is a complex of buildings. The most dominant is the outline of a house and three equally-sized crosses inside of it, which symbolise the death of three generations: elderly, middle-aged and children. At the front, in the shape of a bowl, are the "sheaves of sorrow". The plaques are made of marble, chiselled in form of sheaves. On them are listed the ages, names and surnames of the deceased, as well as information about 1167 citizens of Pisky who died of starvation during the Holodomor of 1932-1933. The author suggested that the regional memorial should be renamed "Sheaves of Sorrow".
