Monuments to Shevchenko, Bykov, and the Chernobyl disaster responders are being evacuated from Kramatorsk
The evacuation of cultural heritage sites is underway in Kramatorsk. The city is temporarily relocating three monuments to safer regions to protect them from possible Russian shelling.
According to a report by “Suspilne Donbas,” Ihor Yeskov, head of the press service of the Kramatorsk City Executive Committee, told journalists about this.
The monuments in question are the monument to Taras Shevchenko, the monument to actor and director Leonid Bykov, and the memorial to the liquidators of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident.
The decision to evacuate them was made due to the threat of damage or destruction of the monuments as a result of Russian attacks. The dismantling and transportation are being carried out in compliance with safety measures.
Local authorities note that once the situation stabilizes, all objects are planned to be returned to their original locations.
According to him, monuments to Taras Shevchenko and Leonid Bykov, as well as a sculptural composition honoring the Chernobyl accident liquidators, are currently being dismantled and prepared for transport. The exact destination of the objects is not being disclosed at this time for security reasons.
At the end of April, a monument dedicated to Stepan Chubenko—a teenager who was shot by “DPR” militants in 2014 for his pro-Ukrainian stance—was already evacuated from Kramatorsk.
Yeskov clarified that the main problem during the evacuation is the status of the objects themselves—not all of them are on the city government’s books. Some, including the monuments to Vasyl Stus and Maria Pryimachenko, as well as the “Circle of Life” sculpture, belong to private owners.
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