Description of the attraction
The National Museum of Ukraine "Holodomor Victims Memorial" is dedicated to the tragedy of 1921-1923 and 1932-1933. The central composition of the memorial includes a bell tower, which is made in the form of a white candle with a gilded openwork fire.
The "Candle of Memory" is a thirty-two-meter high concrete chapel. The lower part of the candle is surrounded by crosses resembling the wings of a windmill, which are decorated with sculptures of cranes. The edges of the candle are decorated with ornaments made of crosses in the form of windows, reminiscent of Ukrainian embroidery. These carved windows-crosses symbolize the souls of the Ukrainians who died of hunger. The sculpture of a girl who touchingly presses wheat spikelets to her chest is a symbol of children who died of hunger, as well as the "five spikelets" law that existed in the 30s.
The memorial was built according to the project of the collective, which was headed by the artist Anatoly Gaydamaka. The memorial hall of the memorial center presents items of rural household items of the 20-30s. Of the twentieth century, collected in villages affected by the Holodomor, and exhibits the National Book of Memory of the Victims of the Holodomor of 1932-33, which is the most complete martyrology containing information about those who died in those years. The museum constantly demonstrates video installations, during which documents, photographs and footage tell about the causes, nature and consequences of the Holodomor.
The site next to the monument to the Holodomor is located on the banks of the Dnieper. There is a beautiful view of the capital from there, and through the telescope you can see the entire Right Bank. You can also admire the view of Rusanovka, Bereznyakov, Hydropark and Troyeshchyna. The memorial was opened in 2008, in honor of the 75th anniversary of the Holodomor - the most terrible tragedy in the history of the Ukrainian people.
