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UAH 4.5 million are needed for the restoration of Chernihiv Central Library named after Kotsyubynskyi, which was partially destroyed by the russians during an aerial bombing on February 27. The Ministry of Culture of Ukraine announced this on its social media. The building’s roof and walls are damaged, windows are missing, internal partitions and doors were knocked out, and the heating system is destroyed. A part of the library’s catalog was also lost. Therefore, to restore the institution, the Ministry launched a special platform for collecting funds.

• culture
• reconstruction
• russian crimes
• Chernihiv

Lviv Organ Hall has responded to calls to save electricity. Therefore, until the end of this month, it will hold all its events with minimal power consumption.

Recently, due to massive missile strikes on critical infrastructure facilities in Lviv, power outages have occurred. Before the beginning of one of the concerts in Lviv Organ Hall, power outage occurred, so the entire symphony orchestra played half of the concert for the audience in complete darkness. They highlighted their scores with small lanterns.

• blackout
• culture
• Lviv

The team of the Non-Profit Organization “Countrywomen” works on the animated series about life in occupied Mariupol based on the diary of the local resident named Nataliia. The series is called “Mariupol. Civilian’s Military Chronicles”. The first 3 episodes have already been released. The creators of the animated film release a new episode every week. The latter will be released on February 24 — the anniversary of the beginning of a full-scale russian invasion. Now the series is made in Ukrainian and Russian, and it is also planned to create English-language version of “Mariupol”.

For reference: The “Countrywomen” project was initiated by Kseniya Draganuk, presenter and journalist, to tell the world about incredible Ukrainian women. After the full-scale invasion of russia, the project turned into a non-profit organization with a volunteer headquarters that supports Ukrainian military women.

• culture
• occupation
• Mariupol

Serhiy Zhadan, the Ukrainian writer, is awarded the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. The award was presented for creativity and humanitarian stance, assistance to civilians and military.

Since the beginning of the full-scale russian invasion, Serhiy Zhadan has remained in Kharkiv, which is constantly attacked by russians. The writer is engaged in volunteering, helping the Ukrainian military and civilians of the city.

For reference: The Peace Prize of the German Book Trade is an annual award of the German Publishers and Booksellers Association presented since 1950. Hermann Hesse, Karl Jaspers, Janusz Korczak, Astrid Lindgren, Orhan Pamuk and Margaret Atwood have been previously presented this award.

• culture
• volunteers
• Kharkiv

Mykola Kulish Music and Drama Theater from the temporarily occupied Kherson announced a tour of Ukraine with a solo performance “The Cat On the Memory of Darkness.” This is a story about 8 years of life in war-settings in Donbas, as well as the reality in which Ukrainians from Kherson, Zaporizhia, Luhansk regions and a part of Kharkiv region found themselves. The first performance will take place on October 20 in Kropyvnytskyi, followed by Mykolaiv and Odesa. In total, performances in 7 cities of Ukraine are planned.

For information: in May, the occupation authorities of Kherson appointed a man who had previously worked there as a security guard to lead the Mykola Kulish Music and Drama Theater. And in July, invaders set up a warehouse of artillery ammunition in the theater.

• culture
• occupation
• Kherson

On October 10, as a result of large-scale missile attack on Kyiv, several museums were damaged at once: the National Science and Natural History Museum of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the Taras Shevchenko National Museum and the Khanenko Museum. Fortunately, the collections were not damaged, but museum buildings were damaged, windows were broken. The losses are still under assessment, but it is already clear that they are fairly significant. In order to resume their work as quickly as possible, museums ask for support. Charitable accounts have been opened for those who are willing to support museums with funds.

• culture
• reconstruction
• russian crimes
• Kyiv

The “Postcards from Ukraine” project was established to capture and demonstrate the damage caused to Ukrainian culture by russian invaders as a result of bombing and shelling during the full-scale war. Among other things, the postcards feature how the outstanding buildings, museums, monuments look like before and after destruction. For example, the list includes the tallest building in Ukraine — the Kyiv TV Tower, and one of the oldest country’s zoos — Mykolaiv Zoo. To make the world aware of invaders’ destruction of Ukrainian culture, the project organizers call for sharing the postcards via social media and sending them to influencers. 

• culture
• occupation
• russian crimes
• Kyiv

The German musician Christoph Mueller launched the We Play for Ukraine project, which encourages orchestras from all over the world to unite. Musicians from different countries will jointly perform the themes from Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and the National Anthem of Ukraine. And thus to declare military aggression against Ukraine to the whole world. A number of professional teams have already joined the project, in particular, the Odesa National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre.

• culture
• russian crimes

Ukrainians from Kharkiv, Donetsk, Crimea, Kherson, Luhansk, and, of course, Lviv Oblast will share a piece of their home with each other in Lviv’s Lem Station art space on October 1. Event participants will cook and taste Mariupol’s shumush pie, discuss traditional costumes, paint a Crimean Tatar ornament, and listen to the sounds of the sea and a performance by the Luhansk Philharmonic.

Visiting the Countrymen, a free event organized by Lviv’s Tourism Office, aims at familiarizing Ukrainians with their native land at a local level and celebrating World Tourism Day.

• culture
• Lviv

The family of Kostiantyn and Vlada Liberov used to take photos depicting love, but after February 24, they decided to photograph war. Kostiantyn’s photo, in which a Ukrainian defender is holding a watermelon in his hands against the background of a multiple rocket launcher system, has become very popular. The man admits that he got too close while working, and he was hit by stones and even bruised.

The couple photographs the war in hot cities of the country. Since the start of war, they have taken hundreds of photos, which can be seen on their social network pages and even on the covers of world media.

• culture
• military