What kind of vyshyvankas were worn by Chornovil, Lesya Ukrainka, and Hrushevsky – the Ministry of Culture showcased unique shirts of famous Ukrainians
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The Ministry of Culture showcased unique vyshyvankas of Chornovil, Shevchenko, and Hrushevsky. The relics of these prominent figures are preserved in the national museums of Ukraine.
For Vyshyvanka Day, the Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine has published a selection of unique embroidered shirts that belonged to prominent Ukrainians – writers, dissidents, historians, and cultural figures. This was reported by the Ministry of Culture, according to UNN.
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Among the exhibits presented are the vyshyvankas of Vyacheslav Chornovil, Levko Lukyanenko, Dmytro Pavlychko, the Kosach family, Mykhailo Hrushevsky, and Mykhailo Starytsky. Museums also house items associated with Lesya Ukrainka, Olena Pchilka, and Taras Shevchenko.
At the Museum of Prominent Figures of Ukrainian Culture, one can see unique embroidered sleeves in which Lesya Ukrainka and her mother Olena Pchilka were photographed. The museum also preserves a Hadyach shirt of the Kosach family and a shirt belonging to Mykhailo Starytsky, one of the founders of the Ukrainian professional theater.
The National Museum of Taras Shevchenko houses a shirt embroidered for the poet by his sister, Yaryna Shevchenko. It was this shirt that Shevchenko wore during his final journey through Ukraine in 1859.
In the same museum, one can see a woman's shirt which, according to legend, belonged to Mariya Maksymovych – the wife of the first rector of Kyiv University, Mykhailo Maksymovych.
The National Museum of Literature of Ukraine preserves embroidered items belonging to Dmytro Pavlychko and a Hrushevsky family shirt with "white-on-white" embroidery. The museum also possesses an embroidered bookmark by Vasyl Stus, donated by his family.
A special place in the selection is held by the vyshyvankas of dissidents and fighters for Ukraine's independence – Vyacheslav Chornovil and Levko Lukyanenko, which are kept at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine.
The Ministry of Culture also showcased an embroidered towel (rushnyk) by Lesya Ukrainka, created in 1889. It is kept in the collection of the National Museum of Taras Shevchenko.
The Ministry urged Ukrainians to visit museums and familiarize themselves with the heritage of prominent figures in Ukrainian history and culture.