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Mass grave of Soviet soldiers
Full name of the monument :

Mass grave of Soviet soldiers

Region :
Sumy region
Address of the monument :
City of Lebedyn, str. Pershogvardiyska, Gubchyne tract
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1966 р.
Time classification according to the installation epoch :
Soviet period (1922-1991)
Artist(s) :
Kyiv Art and Production Workshops
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
real person(s)
Gender :
mixed group
Social status :
persons of war
Size :
grave – 2.74x1.46x0.28 m; sculpture – 2.68 m; pedestal – 1.45x1.55x1.6 m
Components of the monument :
Grave, sculpture, pedestal
Material :
mixed materials
Type of art composition :
one-figure composition
Artistic approach :
figurative art
Main text, additional text (if available) :
Yes
9 soldiers of the Soviet Army, who died a brave death in the battles for the Motherland, are buried here. Of these, the names are known: Polyushkova V.G., Molodetsky P., Kurgansky V.
Language(s) of the text :
Russian
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 :
Lebedyn City Council
Institution’s website :
https://lebedynrada.gov.ua/
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
9 (10) soldiers who died in the battles for the capture of the city on February 21, 1943 by units of the 100th Rifle Division of the 40th Army and on August 19, 1943 by units of the 52nd Rifle Corps are buried in the grave. At the time of the installation of the monument, the names of 3 soldiers were known. In 2013, the names of other soldiers buried in the mass grave were clarified (through the Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation): Vasily Fedorovich Borodin, Alexey Porfirovich Lisitsyn, Dmitry Makarovich Lykov, Valentin Konstantinovich Pozdnekov, Stanislav Ivanovich Sukharevsky, Nikolai Smorodsky, Semyon Fedorovich Yarikov.