Monuments and memorials (Sumy)

Sculpture Two angels

There are two monuments next to each other. There is nothing more similar not only in this cemetery, but in Sumy in general...

olanko1

• 4 years ago

"Sweet" monument

Monument to the Sweet Tooth

The sculpture "Sweet Tooth Babies" was installed in 2007 in memory of the Kharitonenko family's sugar industry, which ensured the prosperity of the city in the 19th century. The monument was created...

Polina_Sumy

• 7 years ago

It is not given to us to predict how our word will respond (c)

Monument to A.P. Chekhov

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, having spent three summers at the Lintvarevs' estate on Luka, described his impressions of his stay in Sumy with a short but capacious phrase “...Abbey and the Adriatic Sea are...

Polina_Sumy

• 7 years ago

One of the small and cozy places to stay

Monument to T. G. Shevchenko

The first monument to the Kobzar was erected in Shevchenko Square in 1926. The monument by Ivan Kavaleridze was made in the style of constructivism. But soon the artist fell out of favor, first with Stalin...

Polina_Sumy

• 7 years ago

Modern contact monument

Commemorative Bag

Why was the monument dedicated to the bag? Because according to one of the versions, the name of the city comes from three bags of gold, which were found at the site of the founding of Sumy. According...

Polina_Sumy

• 7 years ago