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Tractor ‘Universal’
Full name of the monument :

Tractor ‘Universal’

Region :
Sumy region
Address of the monument :
Tokari village, st. August 19, 61
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1965 рік
Time classification according to the installation epoch :
Soviet period (1922-1991)
Artist(s) :
Vladimir Tractor Plant VTZ
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
object(s)
Components of the monument :
Tractor: 3.1x1.6x2.0 m. Pedestal: 2.82x1.55x1.7 m.
Material :
metal
Type of art composition :
technical or industrial ready-made object(s)
Artistic approach :
abstract art
Main text, additional text (if available) :
Yes
Marking "VTZ"
Language(s) of the text :
Russian
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 :
Lebedyn City Council
Institution’s website :
https://lebedynrada.gov.ua/
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
The tractor "Universal-2" belonged to the collective farm "According to Lenin's Wills" (Tokari village, Lebedyn district). Korotych Ulyana Naumovna, Shulga Yakov Mitrofanovich (Hero of Socialist Labor) worked on it. In 1965, the Universal-2 tractor was installed on a pedestal. In 2003, the tractor was moved to its current location, and in the summer of the same year it was restored by a group of specialists from the Lebedyn Forestry Vocational School (formerly PTU-34). The opening of the restored monument of science and technology - the Universal Tractor-2 took place on September 1, 2003, and was dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Lebedyn Higher Forestry College.