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The grave of writer and public figure Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi
Full name of the monument :

The grave of writer and public figure Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi

Short or non-official name :
The grave of M. Kotsiubynskyi
Region :
Chernihiv region
Address of the monument :
Chernihiv, Leo Tolstoy Street, Boldyna Hora
Status :
National significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1930 рік
Time classification according to the installation epoch :
Soviet period (1922-1991)
Artist(s) :
F.A. Kotsiubynskyi, S.S. Andriychenko, A. Kovbasa
sculptor, sculptor, architect
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
real person(s)
Gender :
male
Nationality :
Ukrainian
Social status :
intellectuals
Components of the monument :
Bust: 2.0 in. Stature: 1,8×1,8×0,3 м. Pedestal: 2,35×0,85×0,85 м. Fence: 6,0×6,0 м.
Material :
mixed materials
Type of art composition :
one-figure composition
Artistic approach :
figurative art
Main text, additional text (if available) :
Yes
Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi 1864-1913. Ukraine has lost a great man, it will remember his good work long and well... M. Gorky
Language(s) of the text :
Ukrainian
Russian
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 :
Chernihiv City Council
Institution’s website :
https://www.chernigiv-rada.gov.ua/
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
In preparation for the 15th anniversary of Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi's death, a district commission to honour the writer's memory was established in Chernihiv. The chairman of the commission was F. Vilenskyi, later S. Mahdiichuk, an employee of the Regional Executive Committee, and the secretary was M. Vainshtein, director of the Chernihiv State Museum. The commission announced a competition for the best design of the monument to M. Kotsiubynskyi and organised a fundraising campaign among the population of Chernihiv oblast. They raised 1,782 rubles, and the Regional Executive Committee allocated 3,000 rubles. Several projects were submitted to the commission by the Kyiv Art Institute, but they were rejected due to lack of funds. Subsequently, the project by the artist V.G. Krychevskyi and the architect A.F. Kostyrko was accepted. The monument was unveiled on 17 September 1930, the day of the 66th anniversary of the writer's birth. The monument was made by craftsmen from Volyn and was a light grey granite monument in the shape of a pyramid made up of four separate blocks. The words were engraved on the monument: ‘Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi 1864-1913. From the workers of Chernihiv region in 1930’. In 1955, a new, current monument was erected on the writer's grave.