"Where Lenin fell, there will be Mazepa" - Zelenskyy announces monument to the hetman in central Kyiv

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the appearance of a monument to Hetman Ivan Mazepa in the center of Kyiv. He stated this during festive events at the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra on the occasion of the Constitution Day of Ukraine, reports UNN.

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He emphasized that the bust of Mazepa, during whose time the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra experienced a period of flourishing, will stand in the same place, and he called the hetman an outstanding Ukrainian statesman, philanthropist, and leader of the Ukrainian Cossack state.

At the same time, a full-fledged monument to the hetman, who is still considered a "traitor" of Peter I in russia, will appear on the site where the monument to the founder of the USSR, Vladimir Lenin, previously stood. It is about Taras Shevchenko Boulevard in the area of Bessarabka.

The scale of this personality deserves a full-fledged monument in the capital of our state. I believe that the ideal place for it already exists. It has been there since December 2013 on Shevchenko Boulevard. I am confident that where Lenin fell, Mazepa will stand firmly

Context

On December 1 last year, a bust of Ukrainian Hetman Ivan Mazepa was unveiled at the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. The ceremony took place with the participation of representatives of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance and the National Reserve. The ceremony participants emphasized the symbolic weight of the figure of Ivan Mazepa in the struggle for an independent Ukraine from russian domination.

Reminder

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Constitution Day, June 28, noted successful strikes on russian oil refineries in the krasnodar region and yaroslavl region of russia. He stated that the operations weaken russia's ability to wage war.