President Volodymyr Zelenskyi announced that a bust of Ivan Mazepa will be placed in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.
Source: Zelensky during a speech on Constitution Day
Zelensky’s direct speech: “And it is in this context, as a sign of just such gratitude, today we are correcting another historical injustice, and from now on here, in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, the bust of the great Ukrainian and patron of the Lavra, Ivan Mazepa, will absolutely rightly stand.
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For centuries, Russia tarnished his name, wanted Ukrainians to look at their history through other people’s eyes, convincing our people that Mazepa was a traitor. That’s a lie, and that lie lost. Forever.
And today we honor our outstanding statesman and military figure, philanthropist, head of the Cossack state, Ivan Mazepa.
And it is important that we do it right here, in the Lavra, which really flourished under his tutelage – with churches, bell towers and its unique Ukrainian baroque face.
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And certainly, the scale of this figure deserves a full-fledged monument in the capital of our country. I believe that the perfect place for him exists – has existed since December 2013 on Shevchenko Boulevard. And I am sure: where Lenin fell, Mazepa will stand firm“.
We will remind: In May 2016, the fifth president, Petro Poroshenko opened monument to Hetman Ivan Mazepa in Poltava, calling it an event of “national significance”.
Earlier Mayor of Kyiv Vitaliy Klitschko stated that wants to put a fountain on the site of the former Lenin monument opposite the Bessarabian Market.
