In Lviv, the surviving bust of Shukhevich was retrieved from the rubble of the museum. VIDEO
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In Lviv, his surviving bronze bust was found from under the rubble of the UPA Corporal General Roman Shukhevych Museum destroyed by the Russians on January 1.
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This was reported in the Lviv Historical Museum, a department of which is the Shukhevych Museum.
“As a result of the analysis of the ruins of the UPA Corporal General Roman Shukhevich Museum, our museum team managed to save a bronze bust by Mykhailo Chereshniovskyi“, they said in the historical museum.
According to the museum staff, the sculpture of the Colonel-General suffered only minor damage.
The happy news was also shared by the head of the Lviv OVA, Maksym Kozytskyi.
“You know that the wreckage of the enemy “shaheeds” destroyed the museum of UPA Corporal Roman Shukhevich in Bilogorshche… But we also have a real miracle: the bust of Roman Shukhevich by Mykhailo Chereshniovskyi, which was considered lost due to the attack on the museum, actually survived! It was discovered under numerous rubble. The chest is slightly damaged, but saved!– said Kozytskyi.
| Photo: Maksym Kozytsky / Facebook |
The head of the OVA noted that Shukhevych’s bust, which was saved after the Russian attack, is in the funds of the Lviv Historical Museum.
The bust by the sculptor Chereshniovsky was donated to the Lviv Historical Museum by the Society of UPA Soldiers in the USA named after of Corporal General Taras Chuprinka especially for the newly established in 2001 Museum of Corporal General Roman Shukhevych of the UPA in Bilogorshchi.
They managed to digitize the museum
After the attack on the Shukhevych memorial museum, the Lviv Skeiron bureau, which is engaged in the digitization of objects of Ukrainian cultural heritage, announced on social networks that they managed to make a digital model of the house of the UPA corporal general, which was destroyed on January 1.
“This is a targeted attack on the history of our liberation struggle, but fortunately we have created 3D museum tour in 2021 together with the Lviv Historical Museum“, the bureau noted and shared a link to the museum tour.
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About the Museum of Roman Shukhevich
The Museum of UPA Corporal Roman Shukhevich was created as a department of the Lviv Historical Museum. It was located in Lviv at the address of st. Belogorshcha, 76A.
It was in this two-story building that Shukhevych died during a shootout with employees of the Ministry of State Security of the Ukrainian SSR.
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| Shukhevych Museum in Lviv. Photo: SERP75DNIPRO / Wikipedia |
On the first floor of the museum there was an exposition dedicated to the life of the UPA corporal general. Each of the five halls was dedicated to a separate topic: the history of the Shukhevych family, their struggle for the national idea, the documents of the Coroner General and the birth of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. On the second, the activities of the UPA headquarters were covered.
Read also: As a result of the attacks of the Russian Federation, a monument of national importance was damaged – the Kharkiv Derzhprom
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