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The memorial complex: Mass grave of soldiers. The memorial sign to the fallen soldiers from the same village
Full name of the monument :
The memorial complex: Mass grave of soldiers. The memorial sign to the fallen soldiers from the same village
Region :
Poltava region
Address of the monument :
Andriivka village
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1958 р.
Time classification according to the installation epoch :
Soviet period (1922-1991)
Artist(s) :
О. Suprun, A. Bilostotskyi
Sculptors
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
real person(s)
Gender :
mixed group
Social status :
persons of war
Components of the monument :
The height of the sculpture is 2.8 m, the pedestal is 3.1 m.
Material :
mixed materials
Type of art composition :
one-figure composition
Artistic approach :
figurative art
Main text, additional text (if available) :
Yes
Eternal memory of the perished villagers of 1941-1945 (list of surnames)
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 :
Dykanka village council
Institution’s website :
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
On 18 September 1943, units of the 50th Guards Rifle Division under the command of Colonel A. S. Vladychevskyi, which was part of the Southern Front, expelled the Nazi invaders from the village of Andriivske. A field hospital was organised in the village of Andriivske. Soviet soldiers who died of wounds and died during the expulsion of the occupiers were buried in a mass grave in the centre of the village.
In 1958, an obelisk was erected on the grave and a memorial plaque with the names of the deceased was attached.
In 1980, a memorial stele with the names of the fallen soldiers from the village and a memorial plaque with the names of the soldiers buried in the mass grave were installed.
