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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 :
Peremogy Str., Sobych village, Shostkinsky district
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1982
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 :
177 soldiers who died during the liberation of the village from the Nazi occupiers in early September 1943 and died of wounds are buried here. The names of 156 soldiers are known. The village was liberated on September 9, 1943. In 1958, the remains of those buried from different places were transferred to two mass graves, on which a concrete sculpture of a warrior was installed in the same year. In 1967, reconstruction was carried out: a new concrete sculpture of a warrior on a pedestal was installed. A memorial was built in 1982. 13 gray granite slabs with the dedication and names of 129 soldiers, 372 compatriots who died during the Second World War and 19 villagers shot by the fascists are laid behind the graves on a concrete base.