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Monument to Sumy region inhabitants fallen in Afghanistan
Full name of the monument :
Monument to Sumy region inhabitants fallen in Afghanistan
Region :
Sumy region
Address of the monument :
Sumy, Gerasym Kondratiev St, 142 (former Kirova St.), square opposite the state boarding lyceum with enhanced military and physical training
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
25 грудня 2004 року
Time classification according to the installation epoch :
Soviet period (1922-1991)
Artist(s) :
Valerii Holub, Dmytro Korshunov
sculptor Viktor Belenko, deputy of the city council Oleg Zhdanov.
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
real person(s)
Gender :
male
Nationality :
Ukrainian
Social status :
persons of war
Material :
stone
Type of art composition :
complex
Artistic approach :
synthesis
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 :
Institution’s website :
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
The memorial is dedicated to 123 soldiers of the Armed Forces of the USSR who died in Afghanistan in 1979-1989 and is timed to the 15th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from that country. At the foot of the monument, there is a capsule with Afghan soil brought back in the late 1980s from the sites of hostilities. The initiative, the creation of the memorial, belongs to the Sumy Union of Veterans and Disabled Afghan Soldiers "Afganinva," the memorial's construction is timed to the 25th anniversary of the introduction of a contingent of Soviet troops into Afghanistan. The monument of monumental art of local significance of the Sumy region entered the state register of immovable monuments of Ukraine. Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated April 14, 2014, No. 212—security number 2600/1-Sm.
