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The place of fighting and mass deaths in the area of Hrushevskoho Street in Kyiv during the protests in February 2014
Full name of the monument :
The place of fighting and mass deaths in the area of Hrushevskoho Street in Kyiv during the protests in February 2014
Region :
Kyiv region
Address of the monument :
Kyiv, 1, 2, 3, 4 Hrushevskoho St.
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
2014
Time classification according to the installation epoch :
Period of Russian aggression from 2014
The author of the graffiti is believed to be an artist with the pseudonym Sociopath.
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
real person(s)
Social status :
intellectuals
Material :
modern and innovative materials
Type of art composition :
multi-figure composition
Artistic approach :
figurative art
Main text, additional text (if available) :
Yes
Language(s) of the text :
Ukrainian
Narrative commemorates :
National heroes
The preservation state of the monument at the time of the research :
is damaged
Institution responsible for maintenance :
Kyiv City Council
Institution’s website :
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
In the second half of January 2014, on the initial section of Mykhailo Hrushevskoho Street (between European Square and Museum Lane), there were many days of mass clashes between Euromaidan participants and the Interior Ministry units, which resulted in the deaths of the first Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred. To commemorate the Revolution, its participants and the fallen, on February 10, 2014, the "Icons of the Revolution" were created on the facade of the National Academy of Sciences building at 4 Hrushevskoho Street. In the same year, with the assistance of the initiative of the Museum of Freedom/Maidan Museum, they were granted the status of historical monuments, number 240: "The site of hostilities and mass deaths in the area of Hrushevskoho Street in Kyiv during the protests in February 2014, 2014, Hrushevskoho Street, 1, 2, 3, 4. Historical monument Order of the Ministry of Culture of 15.10.2014 № 869 937-Kv" and placed under state protection. In 2017, the Icons of the Revolution was destroyed.
