The Kyiv prosecutor’s office demands that the building on Andriyivskyi Uzvoz be preserved
Kyiv City Prosecutor’s Office
On Thursday, September 26, the Podil District Prosecutor’s Office of Kyiv appealed to the District Court with a lawsuit against the Department of Cultural Heritage Protection of the Kyiv City Council. In it, they demand that the house on Andriivskyi Uzvoz be added to the list of objects of cultural heritage.
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About this informs press service of the Kyiv City Prosecutor’s Office.
Prosecutors are asking the Kyiv District Administrative Court to oblige the Department of Cultural Heritage to investigate the house at 26 Andriyivskyi Uzvoz. Also to issue a cultural heritage identification card, to ensure its consideration. Thanks to these actions, experts will be able to give the building the status of a cultural heritage object.
This is what the camouflaged building on Andriyivskyi Uzvoz looks like now
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The historic building is now covered with banners and repair nets. Access to it is limited and the prosecutor’s office claims that the building remains abandoned all this time.
The building has “undeniable cultural value” thanks to its yellow Kyiv brick design and was built in the 1870s. According to the law enforcement officers, with all the powers and possible investigations, the Department of Culture ignores the house.
“Despite the existing powers to produce a historical certificate, carry out photo-fixation of the building for further consideration of the issue of its inclusion in the List of cultural heritage objects on its own initiative, the Department of Cultural Heritage Protection has been inactive for a long time“, the prosecutor’s office emphasized.
This is how the building looked before it was covered with repair nets.
Kyiv Heritage
“The house at Andriivskyi Uzvoz, 26 was built in the 1870s. The building is located in the conservation and protection zone of the Central Historical Area of the city of Kyiv, and is part of the historical and cultural environment of Andriiivskyi Uzvoz. The house had a decor made of yellow Kyiv brick with elements of the Renaissance“, the press service said.
About the house at Andrievsky Uzvoz, 26
As informs urban media Khmarochos, the building on Andrievsky Uzvoz used to be the custom-built house of Vsevolod Tarnavskyi. The decor had elements of the Baroque and Renaissance styles.
Today, the building is part of the historical and cultural environment of Andriiivsky Uzvoz and is part of the protected and protective zone of Sophia of Kyiv and St. Andrew’s Church.
They tried to demolish the building twice – in 2022 and 2023. At that time, construction work began on the territory of the building, which was stopped thanks to activists and law enforcement agencies.
