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Memorial sign to victims of repression "Angel of Sorrow"
Full name of the monument :
Memorial sign to victims of repression "Angel of Sorrow"
Region :
Khmelnytskyi region
Address of the monument :
Khmelnytskyi, str. Proskurivska, 61
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1998 рік
Time classification according to the installation epoch :
Ukrainian sovereignty from 1991
Artist(s) :
V. Kozubenko, M. Mazur, B. Mazur
Architect, sculptor, sculptor
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
real person(s)
Size :
The sculpture is 2.85 m high
Material :
mixed materials
Type of art composition :
one-figure composition
Artistic approach :
figurative art
Main text, additional text (if available) :
Yes
Residents of the city - to the victims of repression
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 :
no data available
Institution responsible for maintenance :
Khmelnytskyi City Council
Institution’s website :
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
The monument was erected in the city center in 1998 and is considered the only monument in Ukraine dedicated to the victims of political repression. A sad angel with half-bent wings looking down is carved from granite and bronze. The place for the memorial was not chosen by chance, because in 1910-1911 Proskuriv merchant Yankel Berland built here one of the most luxurious houses of that time, the fate of which was radically changed by the Soviet Union. This house can be seen on the mural near the "Angel of Sorrows".
Every year, here, near the Angel of Sorrows, on the day of commemoration of the victims of repression and famine, thousands of Podolians gather, bring flowers, light memorial candles - so as not to forget the mercilessly difficult history of ours, to remember all those killed, whose lives became a symbol of the indestructibility of the human spirit.
