Savur-Mohyla

Savur-Mohyla Memorial
Soviet Union
Savur-Mohyla Memorial, 2008
For Red Army soldiers fallen during World War II
Unveiled	1963
Location	near Snizhne
Designed by	Anatoly Ignashchenko

Savur-Mohyla (Ukrainian: Савур-могила), sometimes transcribed as Savur-Mogila or Saur-Mogila (Russian: Саур-Могила), is a strategic height in the Donets ridge near the city of Snezhnoye, located about 5 km (3.1 mi) away from the border between Ukraine and Russia (Rostov Oblast).

It is 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 horse bottom."

World War II

During the Great Patriotic War, Saur-Mohyla was the focal point of intense fighting. Only in August 1943, Soviet troops managed to retake control of the height from German forces. In 1963 a memorial complex was unveiled on the top of the hill to honour the fallen soldiers.^[1]

2014 war in Donbass

Main articles: War in Donbass and Battle in Shakhtarsk Raion

In 2014, during the long-time military conflict between Ukrainian troops and Donbass pro-Russian fighters, the Saur-Mohyla height was captured by the pro-Russian fighters. On July 23, 2014, pro-Russians shot down two Ukrainian Air Force Sukhoi Su-25 (NATO reporting name "Frogfoot") ground-attack aircraft flying at 17,000 feet (5,182 meters) over Saur-Mohyla, using Russian AA systems.^[2]^[3]

On July 28, 2014, after intense fighting, the Armed Forces of Ukraine claimed that they recaptured control of Saur-Mohyla from the pro-Russian fighters.^[4] However commander of the pro-Russian Donetsk People's Republic pro-Russian fighters Igor Girkin, denied Savur-Mohyla had been lost, saying fighting was continuing.^[5] Followings its capture by the Ukrainian army on August 9, 2014,^[6] the insurgents recaptured the hill on August 26, 2014.^[7]^[8] During the fighting the hill changed hands about 8 times.

Destruction of the memorial

On August 21, 2014, the memorial's obelisk collapsed after enduring weeks of heavy shelling.^[7]^[9]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saur-Mogila.

↑ GPW Veterans Celebrate Victory Day At Saur-Mohyla, UKRINFORM, May 9, 2008
↑ Two Ukrainian fighter jets shot down as Kiev accuses Moscow of sending more arms to fighters, FoxNews, July 23, 2014.
↑ Two Ukrainian military jets shot down over rebel-held area, Washington Post, July 23, 2014.
↑ Ukrainian Armed Forces take control of Saur-Mohyla - report to president, Interfax, July 28, 2014.
↑ "Ukraine claims more territory as fight intensifies with rebels". www.reuters.com. Reuters. 28 July 2014. Retrieved July 2014.
↑ Ополчение отступило со стратегической высоты Саур-Могила // РИА Новости, 09.08.2014
1 2 Panoramic video of the destroyed memorial, Lifenews.ru, August 28, 2014
↑ Donetsk militia claims assuming control of border stretch to Azov Sea, ITAR-TASS, August 26, 2014
↑ Savur-Mohyla Left Without Obelisk Because of Shelling, Censor.NET, August 21, 2014

Ukrainian crisis

General
topics

Main events

Donbass battles	Siege of Sloviansk (12 April – 5 July 2014) Battle of Kramatorsk (12 April – 5 July 2014) Battle of Mariupol (6 May – 14 June 2014) 1st Battle of Donetsk Airport (26–27 May 2014) Siege of the Luhansk Border Base (2–4 June 2014) Zelenopillya rocket attack (11 July 2014) Battle in Shakhtarsk Raion (16 July – 26 August 2014) Battle of Horlivka (20 July – 6 September 2014) Battle of Ilovaisk (10 August – 2 September 2014) Novosvitlivka refugee convoy attack (18 August 2014) Battle of Novoazovsk (25–28 August 2014) Mariupol offensive (4–8 September 2014) 2nd Battle of Donetsk Airport (28 September 2014 – 21 January 2015) Battle of Debaltseve (16 January – 20 February 2015) Mariupol rocket attack (24 January 2015) Shyrokyne standoff (10 February – 3 July 2015) Battle of Marinka (3 June 2015) Battle of Starohnativka (10–12 August 2015)

Other events	Crimean status referendum (16 March 2014) Odessa clashes (2 May 2014) Donbass status referendums (11 May 2014) Ukrainian presidential election (25 May 2014) 40th G7 summit (4–5 June 2014) Ukrainian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 shoot-down (14 June 2014) Shelling of Donetsk, Russia (13 July 2014) Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 shoot-down (17 July 2014) reactions UNSC Resolution 2166 (21 July 2014) NATO summit in Wales (4–5 September 2014) Minsk Protocol (5 September 2014) Ukrainian parliamentary election (26 October 2014) Donbass general elections (2 November 2014) 2014 G20 Brisbane summit (15–16 November 2014) Volnovakha bus attack (13 January 2015) Donetsk bus attack (22 January 2015) Minsk II ceasefire agreement (12 February 2015) Kharkiv bombing (22 February 2015)

Proclaimed
states

Republic of Crimea (17–18 March 2014)
Donetsk People's Republic (since 7 April 2014)
Luhansk People's Republic (since 27 April 2014)
Novorossiya (24 May 2014 – 20 May 2015)

Background

Pre-1917 Novorossiya
1918 Donetsk–Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic
1918 Taurida Soviet Socialist Republic
2004 South-East Ukrainian Autonomous Republic
2012 law on languages
2014 Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement

Main places

Donetsk
- International Airport
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Luhansk
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Kharkiv
Odessa
Donetsk Oblast
- Bakhmut
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- Hrabove
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- Karlivka
- Khartsyzk
- Kirovske
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- Kramatorsk
- Krasnoarmiisk
- Lyman
- Makiivka
- Marinka
- Mariupol
- Mykolaivka
- Novoazovsk
- Pisky
- Savur-Mohyla
- Shakhtarsk
- Siversk
- Sloviansk
- Snizhne
- Staromykhailivka
- Toretsk
- Torez
- Volnovakha
- Vuhlehirsk
- Yampil
- Yasynuvata
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Luhansk Oblast
- Alchevsk
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(Pro-)
Russian

Organizations	Russian Armed Forces United Armed Forces of Novorossiya List of equipment Army of the South-East Russian Orthodox Army Vostok Battalion Donetsk Republic (political party) New Russia Party Communist Party of the Donetsk People's Republic Peace for Lugansk Region Borotba Antifascist Committee of Ukraine Ukrainian Choice Russophone Ukraine Night Wolves The Other Russia Eurasian Youth Union

Lead figures	Vladimir Putin Vladislav Surkov Sergey Shoygu Vladimir Antyufeyev Igor Bezler Valery Bolotov Alexander Borodai Mikhail Chumachenko Aleksandr Dugin Pavel Gubarev Ekaterina Gubareva Igor Kakidzyanov Alexander Khodakovsky Arsen Klinchaev Vladimir Kononov Aleksey Mozgovoy Igor Plotnitsky Vyacheslav Ponomarev Andrei Purgin Denis Pushilin Igor Strelkov Oleg Tsaryov Alexander Zakharchenko

Ukrainian

Organizations	Yatsenyuk Government Ministry of Internal Affairs National Guard of Ukraine Armed Forces of Ukraine Ukrainian Ground Forces Ukrainian Air Force Ukrainian Airmobile Forces Security Service of Ukraine SBU Alpha Group State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Right Sector Territorial defense battalions Aidar Battalion Azov Battalion Dnipro Battalion Donbas Battalion Kharkiv Battalion Sich Battalion Svyatyi Mykolai Battalion

Lead figures	Petro Poroshenko Oleksandr Turchynov Arseniy Yatsenyuk Andriy Parubiy Arsen Avakov Valentyn Nalyvaichenko Valeriy Heletey Mykhailo Koval Mykhailo Kutsyn Oleh Makhnitskyi Viktor Muzhenko Vitaly Yarema Oleh Lyashko Dmytro Yarosh Ihor Kolomoyskyi Serhiy Taruta Ihor Baluta Semen Semenchenko Hennadiy Moskal Nadiya Savchenko

Coordinates: 47°55′22.75″N 38°44′25.94″E / 47.9229861°N 38.7405389°E / 47.9229861; 38.7405389

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