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The grave of the civil war activist O. Dundych
Full name of the monument :

The grave of the civil war activist O. Dundych

Region :
Rivne region
Address of the monument :
Rivne, park named after T.G. Shevchenko
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1959 рік
Time classification according to the installation epoch :
Period of the Ukrainian Revolution and the struggle for the Ukrainian statehood protection (1917-1921)
Artist(s) :
V. I. Gerasimenko, L. L. Bezyuka
architect, sculptor
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
real person(s)
Gender :
male
Social status :
persons of war
Material :
mixed materials
Type of art composition :
one-figure composition
Artistic approach :
figurative art
Main text, additional text (if available) :
Yes
Oleko Dundych, 1897-1920
Language(s) of the text :
Ukrainian
Narrative commemorates :
Popularization of the Soviet totalitarian system
The preservation state of the monument at the time of the research :
dismantled
Institution responsible for maintenance :
Rivne City Council
Institution’s website :
https://rivnerada.gov.ua/portal/landing
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
Oleko Dundych is, according to one version, a Serbian, according to another, a Croatian revolutionary, a participant in the First World War, the Russian Civil War, and the war against the Ukrainian People's Republic as part of Bolshevik Russia. He died during the Polish-Soviet war during the storming of Rivne by the First Cavalry Army on the territory that later ceded to the Republic of Poland.In 1947, a monument appeared on Dundych's grave. The burial site acquired its modern appearance - a pedestal with a bust in bronze and granite - in 1959 after reconstruction.On a spring night in 2002, the grave was "decommunized" for the first time - the bronze bust of Oleko Dundych disappeared from the pedestal. Even earlier, intruders were tempted by a bronze bas-relief on a granite slab. In 2005, a new plaster bust was installed, which stood for more than a decade until it disappeared. On June 9, 2022, the remains of the "civil war hero" were moved from the park to the Dubenskoye cemetery. The monument and grave of the Bolshevik were dismantled as part of de-Sovietization and de-Russification. Oleko Dundych died in Rivne in 1920, and his remains were reburied three times during the Soviet regime.