Memory wall

The Wall of Memory is a monumental high-relief and a landmark of Soviet modernism located on Baikove Cemetery in , . Created between 1968 and 1981 by the artists Ada Rybachuk and Volodymyr Melnychenko within the Memory Park memorial complex, the work was nearly finished when, in January 1982, Soviet authorities ordered it covered with concrete on ideological grounds.
Wikipedia
  • Memorial
  • …is inscribed with “Меморіальний комплекс-стіна. Зведено у 1981, із багаточисельними горельєфами. У 1982 р усі рельєфи було залито бетоном. Така ситуация є і понині.”
  • Description: monument in Baikove Cemetery, Kyiv, Ukraine
  • Also known as
    “Wall of Memory”
    “Wall of Memory (Ukraine)”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kyiv crematorium and National Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery.

Crematorium
Photo: Artemco, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 120 metres west of Memory wall.

Hospital
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a hospital, which is situated 640 metres northwest of Memory wall.

Church
Photo: Сарапулов, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 550 metres northeast of Memory wall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Baikova mount and Montazhnyk.

Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a locality.

Quarter
Photo: Олекса-Київ, Public domain.
is a quarter.

Neighborhood
Photo: Yatkevych, Public domain.
is a neighborhood.

Memory wall

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Latitude
50.41544° or 50° 24′ 56″ north
Longitude
30.50397° or 30° 30′ 14″ east
Open location code
9G2GCG83+5H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 508686009
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Wiki­data ID
Q56367229

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In Other Languages

“Memory wall” goes by many names.
  • Ukrainian: “Стіна Пам’яті”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Церква Воскресіння Словущого and Ukrposhta №69.

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