Ivano-Frankivsk - city of heroes

An annotative board was opened to the artist Mykola Bilchuk in 10 Vovchynetska Street

Monday, 1 December 2014
An annotative board was opened to the artist Mykola Bilchuk in 10 Vovchynetska Street

An annotative board was opened to the former head of Ivano-Frankivsk Art School for Children Mykola Bilchuk. It was placed at the house where the painter lived almost all his life.

The famous Ukrainian painter, the director of Ivano-Frankivsk Art School Mykola Bilchuk together with his family lived in this house. The opening ceremony traditionally started with the Ukrainian anthem. A native of Khmelnytskyi region he was the teacher of Art and later the head of Ivano-Frankivsk State Children's Art School. Over the years of the artist`s work he has fostered a galaxy of famous artists and architects.

An annotative board was opened to the author of the anthem of Ivano-Frankivsk

Friday, 24 October 2014
An annotative board was opened to the author of the anthem of Ivano-Frankivsk

On Saturday, October 18 there was opened an annotative board to the famous city poet and dissident Yaroslav Doroshenko in Ivano-Frankivsk. The memorial sign was placed near a century-old house in 27 Snizhna str. where Yaroslav spent the last years of his life.

Yaroslav Doroshenko was a member of the Union of Journalists; he published many collected volumes of poetry and headed the Regional Union of Writers. He wrote the lyrics for the song "My Ivano-Frankivsk" - a musical attribute of Stanislaviv. The current head of the Carpathian writers Eugene Baran mentioned at the opening ceremony of the board that the number of writers of the Union doubled during the period of Doroshenko`s work. He also helped young writers to get flats, to publish their books; he wrote prefaces, reviews and edited manuscripts. He was not afraid to give way to young writers.

An annotative memorial plaque was opened to Fotii Volodymyrskyi

Tuesday, 14 October 2014
An annotative memorial plaque was opened to Fotii Volodymyrskyi

Today, on October 14 - the Day of the Intercession of the Mother of God – there was opened an annotative plaque to Fotii Volodymyrskyi in Ivano-Frankivsk – a member of the UIA, a prisoner of concentration camps, the Chairman of the OUN-UIA Brotherhood of the Carpathian region. The plaque is placed at 46 Lepkyi Str. – the building of the office of the OUN-UIA Brotherhood of the Carpathian region.

The annotative memorial plaque to Stepan Koval was opened in Mykytyntsi village

Monday, 9 June 2014
The annotative memorial plaque to Stepan Koval was opened in Mykytyntsi village

On June 8 an annotative memorial plaque, initiated by the Head of the Svoboda party in Ivano-Frankivsk City Council Roman Onufriiv, was opened to Stepan Koval  - the commander of the group “Kotlovyna” of the UIA, the political prisoner, the conductor of the people's amateur choir “Pervotsvit (the Primrose)” - at the District Culture House in Mykytyntsi. The memorial plaque is placed within the frameworks of the program “Ivano-Frankivsk – the city of heroes.”