Russia destroyed and damaged almost 2 000 cultural objects in Ukraine

Author:
Olha Bereziuk
Date:

As of April 25, 1 987 cultural institutions were affected by Russian attacks. Of them, 324 were destroyed (16.3%).

Such statistics were published by the Ministry of Culture on May 2.

Losses of state-owned cultural institutions amounted to 30 objects (12% of the number of institutions of the basic network of the national level), of communal ownership — 1 957 objects (6% of the number of institutions of the basic network of the local level).

Most often, club establishments suffered destruction — 48.2% of all cultural establishments that suffered.

In general, the following were affected:

  • club establishments — 958;
  • libraries — 708;
  • art education institutions — 153;
  • museums and galleries — 114;
  • theaters, cinemas and philharmonics — 36;
  • parks, zoos, nature reserves — 15;
  • circuses — 3.

Club facilities, libraries, museums, theaters, philharmonics, art schools and colleges in 281 territorial communities were destroyed.

The most frequent attacks occurred in institutions of Donetsk (83%), Kharkiv (55.4%), Sumy (54.9%) and Mykolaiv (44.2%) regions.