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Monument to the ancient Rus singer Boyan
Full name of the monument :

Monument to the ancient Rus singer Boyan

Region :
Kyiv region
Address of the monument :
Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi, 20 Bohdana Khmelnytskoho St., near the building of the Kobzar Museum
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1989
Time classification according to the installation epoch :
Soviet period (1922-1991)
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
mythologized person(s)
Gender :
male
Social status :
intellectuals
Material :
metal
Type of art composition :
one-figure composition
Artistic approach :
figurative art
Narrative commemorates :
Ukrainian national resistance during the Lithuanian-Polish era
The preservation state of the monument at the time of the research :
exists
Institution responsible for maintenance :
Pereyaslav City Administration
Institution’s website :
phm.gov.ua
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
According to many researchers, Boyan was a princely court singer who lived in the eleventh and early twelfth centuries and was associated with the princes of Chernihiv and Tmutorokan. This opinion is based on the names of the princes to whom Boyan composed his songs of praise in the Tale of Igor's Campaign. A monument to the ancient Russian singer appeared in Pereiaslav in 1989 at 20 Bohdana Khmelnytskoho Street, next to the building of the Museum of Kobzars. The monument is erected on a high, steep bank of the Desna River. The singer's pedestal is located on Zamkova Hora, a former ancient settlement, one of many settlements along the Desna River with their own characteristic features. It was here, by the way, that the protagonist of the Tale of Igor's Campaign probably lived. Boyan with his musical instrument is captured in one of the dramatic moments of the story. He has just let go of his hand after another chord and is about to play and sing again, after a pause on the viewer's nerves.