The prosecutor's office is seeking a court order to require the signing of a security contract for Rzhepetsky's house in Kyiv

The Shevchenko District Prosecutor’s Office in Kyiv has filed a lawsuit due to the owner’s prolonged refusal to enter into a preservation agreement for a historic building. The building in question is Anton Rzhepetsky’s house at the corner of Volodymyrska and Sofiyska Streets, near St. Sophia Cathedral.

The two-story structure is listed in the State Register of Immovable Monuments of Ukraine as a historical monument of local significance. The house is considered a rare example of Kyiv architecture from the mid- to late 19th century, built in the late Classicist style with Neo-Renaissance elements.

The building also has significant historical and cultural value. It is associated with the names of Mykola Zerov, Maksym Rylsky, Heorhiy Narbut, Oleksandr Koshyts, Pavlo Zaitsev, and Oleksandr Deich.

The prosecutor’s office notes that the owner has long failed to fulfill the legal obligation to enter into a preservation agreement. As a result, law enforcement officials emphasize, the proper preservation of the historic site lacks the necessary legal framework.

The prosecutor’s office is asking the court to order the owner to enter into a preservation agreement for the building. Proceedings in the case have already been initiated.

Source: Kyiv City Prosecutor’s Office.