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Monument to P.I. Kalnyshevsky
Full name of the monument :

Monument to P.I. Kalnyshevsky

Region :
Sumy region
Address of the monument :
centre of the village Pustovoytivka, Romensky district
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1991
Time classification according to the installation epoch :
Ukrainian sovereignty from 1991
The authors of the monument are academician Vasyl Boroday and sculptor Rostislav Sinko.
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
real person(s)
Gender :
male
Nationality :
Ukrainian
Social status :
intellectuals
Material :
mixed materials
Type of art composition :
one-figure composition
Artistic approach :
figurative art
Main text, additional text (if available) :
Yes
memorial inscription
Language(s) of the text :
Ukrainian
Narrative commemorates :
Ukrainian statehood from the IX to the XVIII centuries
The preservation state of the monument at the time of the research :
exists
Institution responsible for maintenance :
Institution’s website :
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
The first monument in Ukraine to the last Kosh ataman of Zaporozhye Sich, Peter Kalnyshevskyi, was erected in the village of Pustovoitovka, where he was born in 1691.Peter Kalnyshevskyi (born in 1691 in the village of Petrykivka, in the Sumy region - died on November 12, 1803 in Solovki) - the last basket chieftain of Zaporizhzhya Sich, given by the Russian empress Catherine II, first to the Russian generals for the victory in the Russo-Turkish war and then a long-term prisoner of the darkest prison in the Russian Empire, when Kalnyshevsky spoke out against the defeat of the Zaporizhzhya Sich, for which he was arrested and spent 26 years in a Russian prison (including 17 years in the Solovetsky Monastery), released at the age of 110 under amnesty. Then a monk-scheme and, finally, to the holy Ukrainian Orthodox Church. The monument serves as a reminder of the former strength and glory of the Zaporozhye Sich.