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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 :
the center of the village of Dernove, Okhtyrsky district
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1963
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 :
Okhtyrska city council
Institution’s website :
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
22 soldiers who died on February 19 and August 8, 1943 during the liberation of the village from the Nazi invaders and died of wounds in the hospitals stationed here are buried here. The names of all the dead are known. In the grave, 5 partisans of the Velikopysarov partisan unit, who died in March 1942, are also buried in the grave. In 1963, the remains of soldiers from different places were transferred to a mass grave, on which a concrete sculpture of a soldier was installed in the same year. On the front side of the pedestal there is a marble board with a memorial inscription. In 1983, 6 cast-iron plates with the names of 117 compatriot soldiers who died during the Second World War were installed on both sides of the sculpture on two concrete bases.