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The place of mass burning and shooting of villagers and a monument to country soldiers
Full name of the monument :

The place of mass burning and shooting of villagers and a monument to country soldiers

Region :
Sumy region
Address of the monument :
center of the village, March 10th Str., Ivot village, Shostkinsky district
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1976
Time classification according to the installation epoch :
Soviet period (1922-1991)
sculptor O. Sytnyk, architect O. Stukalov
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
real person(s)
Gender :
mixed group
Social status :
persons of war
Components of the monument :
Sculpture - 3.5 m, pedestal - 0.32 m, two steles - 1.5 x 6.0 m.
Material :
mixed materials
Type of art composition :
complex
Artistic approach :
synthesis
Main text, additional text (if available) :
Yes
memorial inscription
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 :
Shostka City Council
Institution’s website :
https://shostka-rada.gov.ua/
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
On March 10, 1943, the Nazis committed a brutal massacre of the villagers. The atrocities were caused by the fact that the day before, March 7, 1943, the village was liberated by soldiers of the 29th ski-rifle brigade of the Central Front. Three days later, the Nazis occupied the village again and began to persecute its inhabitants. In one day, 394 residents of the village were burned and shot. This day entered the history of the village as the "Ivotsk Tragedy". In 1976, a concrete sculpture of a woman and a child engulfed in flames was installed in the center of the village. To the left and right of the sculpture are two cemented brick steles on which 19 white marble boards are fixed. There are memorial inscriptions on the ceilings.