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Tomb of Cossack elders Iskra and Kochubey
Full name of the monument :

Tomb of Cossack elders Iskra and Kochubey

Region :
Kyiv region
Address of the monument :
21, I. Mazepa St., Kyiv
Status :
National significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1708
Time classification according to the installation epoch :
Imperial period from XVIIІ centuries to 1918
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
real person(s)
Gender :
male
Nationality :
Ukrainian
Social status :
persons of war
Material :
mixed materials
Type of art composition :
multi-figure composition
Artistic approach :
figurative art
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 :
Kyiv City Council
Institution’s website :
https://kmr.gov.ua/
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
The monument to Poltava Colonel Ivan Iskra and Judge General Vasyl Kochubey, leaders of the opposition to Hetman Ivan Mazepa, was erected by the tsarist authorities in Kyiv in 1914 on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Poltava.It was located on the modern Arsenal Square. It was dismantled by the Ukrainian authorities in 1918. The only thing left of the original monument is the pedestal, which was used by the Bolsheviks in 1923 to build a monument to the Arsenal workers.