National Commission of the Republic of Estonia in
UNESCO filed a joint application with UNESCO on behalf of the institutions of remembrance
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine regarding the nomination of letters on birch bark,
sent from Siberia in 1945 – 1965, to the list of documentary heritage
UNESCO "Memory of the world". This is reported by UNN s
with reference to data from the Ministry
culture and information policy of Ukraine.
Details
According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Culture in the list of "memory
UNESCO plans to include 148 documents covering the period 1940-1965
years, and now stored in 31 institutions of memory. Among the proposed documents
there are letters on birch bark sent from Siberia, and other personal materials created
political prisoners and deportees.
Submission of letters currently stored in
Ukrainian museums included in the UNESCO list are the result of the ministry's cooperation
culture and information policy of Ukraine and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
With the assistance of the National Commission of Ukraine for UNESCO.
The UNESCO list of "memory of the world" includes
documentary heritage of world significance.
The list is the most well – known part of the broader memory of the World program. She
it is focused on stimulating cooperation between memory institutions in order to preserve and preserve
leave a documentary legacy available.
The list contains 558 items.
Additionally
The UNESCO Memory of the world list currently contains five elements related to
Ukraine:
- documentary heritage " collection of Jewish musical folklore (1912 –
1947)", submitted by Ukraine and listed in 2005;
- "Radziwill Archives and Nesvizh library collection", submitted jointly with
Finland, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Belarus in 2008, and are included in the list of
in 2009;
- "Act of the Union of Lublin", submitted by Ukraine together with Poland, Lithuania, Belarus and Latvia in 2016, and included in the list in 2017;
- "documentary heritage related to the Chernobyl accident", submitted by Ukraine in 2016, and included in the list in 2017;
- "documentary heritage of Babi Yar", included in the list in 2023.