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Place of the tomb of Bogdan Khmelnitsky
Full name of the monument :

Place of the tomb of Bogdan Khmelnitsky

Region :
Cherkasy region
Address of the monument :
Subotiv, Elias Church
Status :
National significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1657 рік
Time classification according to the installation epoch :
Ancient period by the end of XVII centuries
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
real person(s)
Gender :
male
Social status :
management elite
Material :
mixed materials
Type of art composition :
architectural object(s)
Artistic approach :
abstract art
Narrative commemorates :
Ukrainian national resistance during the Lithuanian-Polish era
The preservation state of the monument at the time of the research :
no data available
Institution responsible for maintenance :
Subbottsovska community
Institution’s website :
https://subrada.gov.ua/
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
Bogdan Khmelnitsky died on the morning of July 27 (August 6 in a new style) in 1657 in Chigirin and on August 25 was buried in Subotiv, in the Elias church, which the hetman built as a family tomb. It was in this church that his son Timosh was buried on December 27 or 30, 1653. This is reported by numerous surviving documents and chronicles.