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The complex of monuments at the site of mass extermination of civilians and prisoners of war in the Babyn Yar tract during the Nazi occupation
Full name of the monument :
The complex of monuments at the site of mass extermination of civilians and prisoners of war in the Babyn Yar tract during the Nazi occupation
Region :
Kyiv region
Address of the monument :
Kyiv, between Melnykova, Dorohozhytska and O. Teliha streets
Status :
National significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1941 - 1943 роки, 1976 - 2001 роки
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
Material :
mixed materials
Type of art composition :
multi-figure composition
Artistic approach :
figurative art
Main text, additional text (if available) :
Yes
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 :
Kyiv City Council
Institution’s website :
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
The National Historical and Memorial Reserve includes the following monuments:
"Monument to Soviet citizens and prisoners of war soldiers and officers of the Soviet Army shot by the German Nazis in Babyn Yar," unveiled on July 2, 1976.
Monument to the executed Jews in the form of a menorah, erected on September 29, 1991, the 50th anniversary of the first mass shooting of Jews.
A wooden cross in memory of the 621 executed members of the OUN, erected on February 21, 1992, on the 50th anniversary of the execution of Olena Teliha and her associates.
Cross at the site of the execution on November 6, 1941 of Archimandrite Oleksandr (Vyshniakov) and Archpriest Pavlo for calling for resistance to the German occupiers. Erected in 2000.
Monument to the children shot in Babyn Yar. Unveiled on September 30, 2001, near the exit of the Dorohozhychi metro station.
The stone is on the site where a Jewish memorial center was supposed to be built. The stone was laid on September 29, 2001, the 60th anniversary of the first mass shooting of Jews.
A monument to the victims of Nazism at the intersection of Dorohozhytska and Oranzeriynoi streets, with a symbolic image of a concentration camp and the inscriptions "Memory for the Future" and "To the World Disfigured by Nazism." The apostrophe in the word "Memory" is made in the form of the Latin letter "u" ("Ukrainians") with the stamp "Ost" ("Ostarbeiters"). Erected in 2005.
Monument to the victims of the Kurenivka tragedy of 1961, erected on March 13, 2006, on the 45th anniversary of the disaster.A monument to the victims of the Kurenivka tragedy of 1961, erected on March 13, 2006, on the 45th anniversary of the disaster.
Three grave mounds above a cliff with black metal crosses erected by an unknown author. One of the crosses has an inscription: "People were killed here in 1941. God rest their souls".
On December 1, 2009, a monument to the underground member, Hero of Ukraine Tania Markus was unveiled at the corner of Dorohozhytska and Olena Teliha streets.
