One of the most unusual monuments of the city of Sumy is a monument to sugar-the sugar situated at the Pokrovskaya square, opposite the monument to I. Kharitonenko. The idea of creating such a monument came from mayor G. Minaev after he visited Kursk, where he saw a monument to Apple Antonovka.

A monument to sugar-the sugar was open to 355 anniversary of the Sum in the memory of its former glory sugar town: during the period, 1860-1886, sugar production has increased twenty times, and Sumy refinery at the time was one of the largest in the country. In those days sugar began to press into small cubes and this form to Sumy chose monument sculptors A. Shevchenko and V. Dovgalyuk.

For those who wish to be photographed with attraction, on a huge sugar cube with missing pieces of sugar you can climb up the stone blocks. The total height of the monument leaves 2, 4 m. There is also the idea that some sugar cubes are scattered throughout the city.

On the opening day of the monument of sugar-the sugar on the outside of the resurrection also took place the opening of the sculpture "the Kids have a sweet tooth". The composition presents the boy and girl who eat sugar. To keep them company every kid sat down on a free chair.

According to the authors, a monument to sugar-the sugar symbolizes the universe, the stability and richness of the area, and its peak is the high status of the man who, through their work, develops and magnifies the town, following the motto of the family Kharitonenko "Hard men".