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Mass grave of Soviet soldiers, partisans and a monument to compatriot soldiers
Full name of the monument :

Mass grave of Soviet soldiers, partisans and a monument to compatriot soldiers

Region :
Sumy region
Address of the monument :
Tsentralna Str., a square in the center of the village of Marchikhina Buda, 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 :
80 soldiers of the 6th Guards Rifle Division, 322nd Rifle Division of the 60th Army, who died on August 30, 1943 during the liberation of the village from Nazi invaders and died of wounds on September 1, 1943 in the hospital stationed here, are buried here. In 1955, the remains of the dead from different places were transferred to a mass grave, on which a reinforced concrete sculpture of a warrior was installed in the same year. On the brick pedestal there is a board with an inscription. In 1967, a brick cemented stele was installed to the right of the sculpture, on which 10 stainless steel memorial boards with inscriptions and names of 400 compatriot soldiers who died during the Second World War were fixed.