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Memorial complex "Monument to the victims of the Chernobyl tragedy"
Full name of the monument :

Memorial complex "Monument to the victims of the Chernobyl tragedy"

Region :
Kyiv region
Address of the monument :
Kyiv, Chornobylska Street (corner of Chornobylska Street and Peremohy Avenue)
Status :
National significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1994
Time classification according to the installation epoch :
Ukrainian sovereignty from 1991
Artist(s) :
sculptor Volodymyr Chepelyk and architect Mykola Kyslyy
The memorial complex includes a monument to the victims of the of the Chernobyl tragedy and the Alley of Heroes-Liquidators of the Chernobyl tragedy.
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
real person(s)
Gender :
mixed group
Social status :
working class
Material :
mixed materials
Type of art composition :
multi-figure composition
Artistic approach :
figurative art
Main text, additional text (if available) :
Yes
names of the liquidators
Language(s) of the text :
Ukrainian
Narrative commemorates :
National heroes
The preservation state of the monument at the time of the research :
exists
Institution responsible for maintenance :
Kyiv City Council
Institution’s website :
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
The memorial complex includes a monument to the victims of theof the Chernobyl tragedy and the Alley of Heroes-Liquidators of the Chernobyl tragedy. The monument to the victims of the Chornobyl tragedy was erected on April 26, 1994, at the initiative of the Union of Chornobyl Disabled of the Leningrad (Sviatoshynskyi) District at the expense of the district state administration, donations from district residents, and members of the Union of Chornobyl Disabled. To mark the 25th anniversary of the Chornobyl tragedy, the memorial "Alley of Glory to the Heroes-Firefighters of Chornobyl" was erected on the initiative of the public organization "Firefighters of Chornobyl" with seven busts of firefighters - Heroes of Ukraine and the Soviet Union and eight memorial plates to perpetuate the memory of firefighters-liquidators of the Chornobyl disaster.