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Monument to the players of Dynamo Kyiv - participants of the legendary "Death Match" during the Great Patriotic War
Full name of the monument :
Monument to the players of Dynamo Kyiv - participants of the legendary "Death Match" during the Great Patriotic War
Region :
Kyiv region
Address of the monument :
Kyiv, 3 Hrushevskoho St.
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1972 р.
Time classification according to the installation epoch :
Soviet period (1922-1991)
sculptor Ivan Horovoy, architects Voldemar Bogdanovsky and Igor Maslenkov
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
real person(s)
Gender :
male
Social status :
working class
Material :
stone
Type of art composition :
multi-figure composition
Artistic approach :
figurative art
Narrative commemorates :
Popularization of the Soviet totalitarian system
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 monument was erected in honor of the Dynamo Kyiv football players who participated in the 1942 Death Match. "The "Match of Death" was a match between the Kyiv team "Start" (officially: the team of the Kyiv "Khlibzavod", composed of players from the pre-war Kyiv football clubs "Dynamo" and "Lokomotiv") and the German team "Flakelf" (a mixed team of Luftwaffe amateur football players and air defense anti-aircraft gunners) on August 9, 1942, at the Zenit Stadium, 24 Kerosynna Street. It was named the "death match" after the war thanks to Soviet propaganda. A granite ceiling relief with four figures of football players (Mykola Trusevych, Ivan Kuzmenko, Oleksii Klymenko, and Mykola Korotkykh) carved into it.
