Petitions have been filed in Kyiv regarding new monuments at the site of the Bulgakov
Two petitions have appeared on the Kyiv City Council website proposing the installation of new monuments at the site of the dismantled monument to writer Mikhail Bulgakov on Andriivsky Uzviz. The authors of the initiatives emphasize that the design of the future monument should be determined through an open competition.
In particular, one of the petitions calls for a monument to Ukrainian poet and dissident Lina Kostenko.
“Lina Kostenko is a living legend, the conscience of the Ukrainian nation, and a symbol of resilience,” writes one of the petition’s authors. Vfin notes that during the Soviet era, she was actively involved in the dissident movement, for which she was excluded from the literary scene for a long time, but she never betrayed her principles.
Lina Kostenko is the author of works of great importance to Ukrainian literature, including the novel in verse “Marusya Churai,” the poem “Berestechko,” the prose novel “Notes of a Ukrainian Madman,” and numerous poetry collections. The poet’s works have been translated into many languages, and in 1967 she was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
“Andriivsky Uzviz—the heart of cultural Kyiv—is the most fitting place to honor our great contemporary,” the author concludes.
In another petition, the author notes that the site of the Bulgakov monument should instead feature a monument to a figure who dedicated her life and work to Ukraine.
“Ivan Bahrianyi is one of the most prominent Ukrainian writers of the 20th century. He endured arrests, torture, and persecution by the Soviet regime, yet he never broke and never collaborated with the communist authorities,” the text states.
The author also writes that patrons and business partners can be involved in the process and will be officially listed as project sponsors. All revenues and expenditures must be fully transparent and public. At the same time, the design of the monument should be determined through an open competition involving sculptors and architects—with a vote by the community or a jury.
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