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Monument-bust to the Hero of the Soviet Union, the commander of the troops of the South-Western Front, Colonel-General Mykhailo Kirponos
Full name of the monument :

Monument-bust to the Hero of the Soviet Union, the commander of the troops of the South-Western Front, Colonel-General Mykhailo Kirponos

Region :
Poltava region
Address of the monument :
Lokhvytsky district, village Iskivtsi, near the school
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1967 рік
Time classification according to the installation epoch :
Soviet period (1922-1991)
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
real person(s)
Gender :
male
Social status :
persons of war
Material :
mixed materials
Type of art composition :
one-figure composition
Artistic approach :
figurative art
Main text, additional text (if available) :
Yes
Hero of the Soviet Union Colonel General M.Kyrponos
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 :
Lokhvytsk United Territorial Community
Institution’s website :
lmr.gov.ua
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
Monument of monumental art. Kirponos Mykhailo (December 30, 1891 [January 12, 1892], Vertiivka, Nizhynsky District, Chernihiv Province, Russian Empire - September 20, 1941, Iskivtsi, Lokhvytsky District, Poltava Region, Ukrainian SSR, USSR) was a Bolshevik activist, Soviet military leader of Ukrainian origin. Participant in the war against the Ukrainian People's Republic, one of the organizers of the Bolshevik subversion squads in the Chernihiv region. Division commander during the Soviet war against Finland in 1939-1940. Colonel-General from February 22, 1941, commander of the South-Western Front of the USSR in the Second World War from June to September 1941.