Ministry of Culture: 2013 cultural sites damaged or destroyed as a result of russian aggression in Ukraine

Ministry of Culture: 2013 cultural sites damaged or destroyed as a result of russian aggression in Ukraine

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According to the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy, as of June 25, 2013 cultural institutions were affected by russian aggression, 332 of them were destroyed.

In 2013, cultural infrastructure facilities were damaged or destroyed due to russian aggression. This was reported by the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy, UNN reports.

Details

It is reported that as of June 25, 2024, 2013 cultural institutions, excluding cultural heritage monuments, suffered damage. At the same time, 332 of them were destroyed.

The loss of state-owned cultural institutions amounted to 32 objects, and of municipal ones - 1981 objects.

In general, they suffered:

  • clubs - 969;
  • libraries - 715;
  • art education institutions - 157;
  • museums and galleries - 117;
  • theaters, cinemas and philharmonic societies - 37;
  • parks, zoos, and nature reserves - 15;
  • circuses - 3.

Cultural institutions in 286 territorial communities in many regions were destroyed, most of them in Dnipropetrovs'k, Donetsk, Zhytomyr, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson, and Chernihiv.

The Ministry reminds that as of the end of June 2024, almost the entire territory of Luhansk and significant parts of Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, and Kherson regions are still under temporary occupation, which makes it impossible to calculate the exact number of cultural institutions affected by the hostilities and occupation.

Recall

As of May 25, 2024, 2003 cultural institutions (including cultural institutions subordinated to the MCIP and other CEBs) suffered losses, excluding cultural heritage monuments. There were 325 destroyed monuments.

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