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Memorial complex in honor of the victims of political repression in the 1930s
Full name of the monument :
Memorial complex in honor of the victims of political repression in the 1930s
Region :
Kyiv region
Address of the monument :
Bykivnia village
Status :
National significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1937 - 1941 роки, 1995 рік
Time classification according to the installation epoch :
Soviet period (1922-1991)
sculptor Volodymyr Chepelyk and architect Heorhiy Kyslyy
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
real person(s)
Gender :
mixed group
Social status :
intellectuals
Size :
height - 3.6 m
Components of the monument :
The memorial consisted of seven objects scattered from the main entrance to the mass grave. On the left is a full-length bronze sculpture of a man. On both sides of the sculpture are blocks of gray granite.the site, lined with concrete slabs, and the mass grave of the victims of repression, where a memorial sign was installed: a metal cross on a granite pedestal in the form of a cube.87 stylized metal crosses.
Material :
metal
Type of art composition :
one-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 Bykivnia Graves National Historical and Memorial Reserve is a reserve of national importance (since 2006[2]), the largest burial place in Ukraine for victims of mass political repression of 1937-1941.It is located in the Dniprovskyi district of Kyiv, on its northeastern outskirts, 1.5 km from the former village of Bykivnia near the M01 Kyiv-Brovary highway.The territory of the Bykivnia Graves National Historical and Memorial Reserve covers almost 239 hectares and is the largest burial site in Ukraine for victims of Stalinist repression. In 2009, the SBU identified 14,191 people from the documents. To date, researchers at the Bykivnia Graves National Historical and Memorial Reserve have identified more than 18,500 people executed in Kyiv prisons and buried in Bykivnia. The work is ongoing and the martyrology is constantly updated. According to scientists, 50 to 100 thousand people repressed by the communist authorities may be buried in the Bykivnia forest.
