Only Skovoroda’s statue survived; the walls were entirely destroyed by fire, and the roof was blasted off. The fact that it did is a miracle, according to Nastya Ishchenko, deputy director of the museum in the northeastern Ukrainian region of Kharkiv.
The UN cultural organization Unesco lists it as one of 432 cultural sites damaged in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion began on February 24, 2022.
Ukrainians have been further distanced from the Russian-dominated cultural environment they shared for decades under Soviet domination, but this is not the only effect of so much of their culture being destroyed.
Additionally, it has stoked a desire for their own culture, which one daily newspaper referred to as a “Ukrainian cultural boom.”
A total of 214 historically or artistically significant structures, 31 museums, 32 monuments, 15 libraries, one archive, and 139 religious sites have been damaged.
The majority of the priceless artifacts at the Hryhoriy Skovoroda Museum have been moved to a safer place since the museum’s management was aware that it would be attacked.
His cultural significance is the only reason Ukrainians believe the museum was targeted, as there was no other possible target in the vicinity.
The situation facing Ukraine’s museums under Russian occupation is entirely different. In the last days of the Russian occupation of the southern part.
