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12-502: The 277.9 m (912 ft) tall hill is better known for a big monument complex that was built in 1963 by Ukrainian architect Anatoly Ignashchenko to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the liberation of Savur Mohyla during World War II . It was originally a tumulus ( kurgan ) – mohyla means "tumulus" in Ukrainian and according to one interpretation the word savur comes from Turkic sauyr , meaning "steppe mound shaped like

24-524: A horse bottom". Rosamund Bartlett writes, "Many popular legends had been spun about this particular kurgan, which had acted as a kind of frontier between the Russians and the Turks and Tatars in the mediaeval period; Saur appears in them either as an evil Turkish khan or a Cossack hero." During World War II , Savur-Mohyla was the focal point of intense fighting, when Soviet troops managed to retake control of

36-484: Is known as a necropolis of distinguished people. The cemetery was established in 1833 and was named after the nearby Baikovo estate. The oldest part of the cemetery is located south of the present Baikova Street. The biggest part is located north of the street and was established in the 1880s. It is partly surrounded by a wall. Besides the Orthodox graves there are also Catholic and Lutheran sections. In Soviet times

48-717: The Armed Forces of Ukraine claimed that they recaptured control of Savur-Mohyla from Russian troops. Following its capture by the Ukrainian 25th Airborne Brigade on 9 August 2014, the Russian militants recaptured the hill on 26 August 2014. During the fighting, the hill changed sides between Ukraine and Russia about 8 times. On 21 August 2014, the memorial's obelisk collapsed after enduring weeks of heavy indiscriminate shelling from Ukrainian armed forces. On 4 September 2022, Russians announced completion of restoration works on

60-547: The Baikove Cemetery (plot number 42). Some of Mr. Ignashchenko's notable works include: This article about a Ukrainian architect is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Baikove Cemetery Baikove Cemetery ( Ukrainian : Байкове кладовище ) is a historic cemetery memorial in Holosiivskyi District of Kyiv , Ukraine . It is a National Historic Landmark of Ukraine and

72-555: The Baikove cemetery became the main necropolis of Kyiv's intelligentsia , middle and upper classes . Many of the headstones became pieces of monumental art. Since Ukrainian independence in 1991, the cemetery has remained the most prestigious burial ground in the city. Eighty-seven plots are on the List of national landmarks of cultural heritage in Kyiv . An Orthodox Church (Ascension of

84-698: The Wise (2006) and Order of the Badge of Honour (1982). Anatoly Ignashchenko was born on January 28, 1930, in the village of Zaharivtsi (Khmelnitsky district, Khmelnytsky region). In 1953, he graduated from the Architecture Department of the Engineering Institute. He was a student of famous architect Joseph Karakis . From 1964 to 1966, he was the chief architect of the design institute "UkrNDIPUkrainian Urban Planning", in 1966–1969 he

96-531: The complex with official reopening to occur on 8 September. The memorial now includes monuments dedicated to the War in Donbass, including bass reliefs of Arsen Pavlov , Mikhail Tolstykh , and Vladimir Zhoga. 47°55′22.75″N 38°44′25.94″E  /  47.9229861°N 38.7405389°E  / 47.9229861; 38.7405389 Anatoly Ignashchenko Anatoly Ignashchenko (28 January 1930 – 5 April 2011)

108-466: The height from German forces in August 1943. In 1963, a memorial complex was unveiled at the top of the hill to honour fallen soldiers, comprising an obelisk with a steel-and-concrete statue of a Soviet soldier, four steel-and-concrete sculptures built along the slope leading up to the obelisk (each memorializing infantrymen, tankmen, artillerymen and airmen involved in the battle), and walls inscrcribed with

120-678: The names of fallen soldiers in the battle. In 2014, during the first months of the military conflict between Ukrainian troops and Ukrainian Russian backed "Donetsk People's Republic" (DPR) militants in the Donbas, the Savur-Mohyla height was captured by Donetsk People's Republic fighters. On 23 July 2014, DPR forces shot down two Ukrainian Air Force Sukhoi Su-25 (NATO reporting name "Frogfoot") ground-attack aircraft flying at 17,000 feet (5,200 meters) over Savur-Mohyla, using an advanced anti-aircraft system. On 28 July 2014, after intense fighting,

132-616: Was a prominent Ukrainian architect, specializing in the design of monuments and memorial complexes. Mr. Ignashchenko was a member (academician) of the Ukrainian Academy of Arts . In 1974, he was awarded with the Shevchenko National Prize for his work on the Lesya Ukrainka monument. In 2010, he became awarded as a People's Artist of Ukraine . Other honours received include Order of Prince Yaroslav

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144-636: Was an expert of the artistic expert board of the Ministry of Culture of the Ukrainian SSR. In 1969–1976, he worked as an architect of the Art Fund of the Union of Artists of the Ukrainian SSR. In 1976–1990, he worked as an architect-artist of the "Khudozhnyk" Association of the Art Fund of the Ukrainian SSR. Since 1990, he has been working as an artist. He died on April 5, 2011. He was buried in Kyiv at

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