Today's Pokrovskaya Square is a cozy and peaceful place to relax, which in no way reminds of its stormy "youth".
In the 30s of the 20th century, after the Bolsheviks blew up the church that stood here, the square began to be used for executions. Moreover, the executed were buried right there - in a mass grave. During the Second World War, the Nazis continued the “Soviet tradition” and all execution orders were carried out on the square.
After the war, the remains of all the dead were transferred to the central cemetery, and the square was equipped as a recreation area.
What to pay attention to?
- a monument to sugar - refined sugar. Installed in 2010. Sculptors A. Shevchenko and V. Dovgolyuk. It symbolizes the glorious past of the Sumy region associated with the production of sugar.
- a fountain, is a pair of refined sugar monument, completely repeating the size and shape of the latter.
- a lady with an umbrella.
The sculpture moved to the square recently, before it was based near the Municipal Gallery. While working on the sculpture, children were born in the families of all those involved in the creative process, so the final version of the figure was given a small rounded tummy. So a new urban legend was born - want offspring? Stroke the lady on the tummy!
In the 30s of the 20th century, after the Bolsheviks blew up the church that stood here, the square began to be used for executions. Moreover, the executed were buried right there - in a mass grave. During the Second World War, the Nazis continued the “Soviet tradition” and all execution orders were carried out on the square.
After the war, the remains of all the dead were transferred to the central cemetery, and the square was equipped as a recreation area.
What to pay attention to?
- a monument to sugar - refined sugar. Installed in 2010. Sculptors A. Shevchenko and V. Dovgolyuk. It symbolizes the glorious past of the Sumy region associated with the production of sugar.
- a fountain, is a pair of refined sugar monument, completely repeating the size and shape of the latter.
- a lady with an umbrella.
The sculpture moved to the square recently, before it was based near the Municipal Gallery. While working on the sculpture, children were born in the families of all those involved in the creative process, so the final version of the figure was given a small rounded tummy. So a new urban legend was born - want offspring? Stroke the lady on the tummy!
Translated automatically from Russian. View original
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