News
The reserve has joined the Ukrainian Coalition of Memory
19.05.2021
On May 18, the International Museum Day and the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Deportation of the Crimean Tatar People, the Ukrainian Coalition of Memory was established. NIMZ "Graves of Bykivnia " is among the signatories of the coalition memorandum.
"Bykivnia Tragedy: Names from Nameless Graves" - 2021 (Part 1)
07.05.2021
The Soviet totalitarian regime, seeking to subdue and control, destroyed tens or even hundreds of thousands of its own civilians, regardless of age, gender, status, or profession. Very often whole families were subjected to total repression. In many cases, the fates of the wives or children of those repressed in Kyiv during 1937-1941 remain unclear. And those who survived passed on their pain and longing, as well as the memory of the Great Terror to their descendants, who now can be scattered around the world. In order to unite the families of the repressed, as well as to widespread information about Bykivnia burials outside Ukraine, in 2020 the Reserve launches for the first time an English-language version of our electronic project "Bykivnia Tragedy: Names from Nameless Graves". We hope that it will be useful to our foreign readers and partners, as well as to all who are interested in the history of Ukraine.
"Bykivnia Tragedy: Names from Nameless Graves" - 2021 (Part 1)
05.05.2021
The Soviet totalitarian regime, seeking to subdue and control, destroyed tens or even hundreds of thousands of its own civilians, regardless of age, gender, status, or profession. Very often whole families were subjected to total repression. In many cases, the fates of the wives or children of those repressed in Kyiv during 1937-1941 remain unclear. And those who survived passed on their pain and longing, as well as the memory of the Great Terror to their descendants, who now can be scattered around the world. In order to unite the families of the repressed, as well as to widespread information about Bykivnia burials outside Ukraine, in 2020 the Reserve launches for the first time an English-language version of our electronic project "Bykivnia Tragedy: Names from Nameless Graves". We hope that it will be useful to our foreign readers and partners, as well as to all who are interested in the history of Ukraine.
The reserve took part in the B2B Online Workshop Ukraine-Poland
17.03.2021
On March 16, 2021, the Bykivnia Graves National Historical and Memorial Reserve took part in an event dedicated to the presentation of Ukraine's tourist opportunities for guests from Poland. The organizers were the Polish Tourist Chamber and the State Agency for Tourism Development of Ukraine. The event gathered about 80 participants interested in traveling to the central regions of Ukraine.
Scientific collection "Places / place of memory in the Polish-Ukrainian dialogue of understanding"
11.03.2021
At the end of 2020, with the financial assistance of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Ukraine, a collection "Places / place of memory in the Polish-Ukrainian dialogue of mutual understanding (to the 80th anniversary of the Katyn crime)" was published. The researchers of the National Historical and Memorial Reserve are among the authors of the collection.
New online lecture of the joint project "Memory for Life"
24.02.2021
In her story about the fate of those whose lives belonged to the theater and ended in 1937-1938 by a criminal verdict of the authorities, the lecturer will reveal the peculiarities of working with archival documents and present her own reflections on the processes of Sovietization of Ukrainian society and their consequences.
Cooperation with the relatives of the reppressed is going on...
11.02.2021
The National Historical and Memorial Reserve "Graves of Bykivnia" is deeply grateful to the families of the repressed for their cooperation and attention to our institution. Thanks to those who responded to our request to share photos of relatives - victims of mass political repressions of 1937-1941, shot in Kiev and buried on the territory of the former special site of the NKVD of the USSR in the Bykovnyansky forest.
Excursion for the team of the Branch State Archives of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory
01.02.2021
On January 29, 2021, the team of the Branch State Archives of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory headed by its director - historian and archivist Igor Kulik visited the Bykovnyansky Graves National Historical and Memorial Reserve. Deputy General Director for Scientific Work of the Reserve Tatiana Sheptitska and Researcher Nikolai Brivko conducted a sightseeing tour of the territory for the guests.
"Names Crossed Out from Posters". New exhibition of the Reserve
30.12.2020
National Historical and Memorial Reserve "Graves of Bykivnya" finished a difficult year of 2020 with preparing a photo-documentary exhibition "Names Crossed Out of Posters", dedicated to repressed figures of Ukrainian theatrical art.
Dear visitors of the reserve and relatives of the repressed!
21.12.2020
We would like to inform you that the staff of the NIMZ "Graves of Bykivnya" provides free consultations on the search for information about persons who suffered during the mass political repressions of the 1930s. We are always ready to share with you the information that is available in the reserve's database. If we do not have such evidence, we will advise where it is best to apply, and also help to write the correct requests to the archives. Please contact us on weekdays from 10:00 - 17:00 by phone (044) 253-03-55 or send an email to: bykivnya@gmail.com