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Monument to the bust of a fellow countryman, Hero of the Soviet Union Marshal Hryhorii Kulyk
Full name of the monument :
Monument to the bust of a fellow countryman, Hero of the Soviet Union Marshal Hryhorii Kulyk
Region :
Poltava region
Address of the monument :
Poltava district, Kolomatske village, arboretum
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1965 р.
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
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 :
Poltava City Council
Institution’s website :
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
Grigory Ivanovich Kulik was a military and political figure of the USSR, Hero of the Soviet Union (1940). Marshal of the Soviet Union (1940), he was repeatedly subjected to repressions, with a demotion to the rank of Major General and deprivation of the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, and eventually shot in 1950. In 1957, he was posthumously rehabilitated and restored to the military rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union and the title of Hero of the Soviet Union and to the rights to awards. Member of the Central Committee of the CPSU (b) in 1939-1942. Member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of the 1st convocation in 1937-1946.
The monument of monumental art
