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A group of mass graves of Soviet soldiers and a monument to compatriot soldiers
Full name of the monument :

A group of mass graves of Soviet soldiers and a monument to compatriot soldiers

Region :
Sumy region
Address of the monument :
Spaso-Preobrazhenska Str., 48, Park Slavy, Yampil village, Shostkinsky district
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1955
Time classification according to the installation epoch :
Soviet period (1922-1991)
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
real person(s)
Gender :
mixed group
Social status :
persons of war
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 :
814 soldiers who died on September 2, 1943 during the liberation of the village from Nazi invaders and soldiers are buried here. The names of 116 soldiers are known. In 1955, the remains of the dead from different places were transferred to a mass grave, on which in the same year a reinforced concrete sculptural group of two soldiers was installed. 3 memorial boards with the names of 116 buried soldiers and inscriptions are attached to the front part of the pedestal. In 1967, a brick arch in the form of a gate with 4 passages was installed in front of the sculptural group. On the inner walls of the passages, 8 stainless steel plates are fixed, on which 480 surnames of compatriots who died during the Second World War are engraved.