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The Government of Ukraine has supported installing a monument to Hetman Ivan Mazepa in Kyiv. The ministry responsible for design and fabrication of the monument will be the Ministry of Culture.
This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Culture.
The monument is proposed to be placed on Taras Shevchenko Boulevard — at the site of the dismantled monument to Vladimir Lenin.
It is noted that to determine the appearance of the future monument an open competition for the best sketch project will be held. Its organization will be ensured by the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine together with the State Agency for Arts and Artistic Education and the Kyiv City State Administration.
The installation of the monument and the improvement of the surrounding area will be financed from the Kyiv budget. For design and fabrication, funds may also be attracted from other sources not prohibited by law.
“The final cost will be determined after the competition is held and the design and estimate documentation is approved,” the statement says.
... 28 in June during the celebrations for Constitution Day, President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that a sculpture of Hetman Ivan Mazepa would stand in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. The president also said that Kyiv should have a full-fledged Mazepa monument exactly at the site where the Lenin monument stood until December 2013.
Earlier, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that he wants to install a fountain at the site of the former Lenin monument opposite Bessarabsky Market. Klitschko said the fountain is the “most neutral solution” for the public space where the former Lenin monument stood, since erecting any sculpture would provoke controversy.
Image at the top: a bust of Mazepa in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, photo: screenshot
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