Ukraine's cultural and artistic heritage during the Russian-Ukrainian war: threats, losses, preservation issues

Transcript of scientific report at the meeting of the Presidium of NAS of Ukraine, August 22, 2025

Abstract

The full-scale Russian military aggression not only caused irreparable human losses, but also had devastating consequences for the national cultural and artistic heritage of Ukraine. The report discusses the work of specialists of the M. Rylsky Institute of Art Studies, Folklore and Ethnology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine on the research, study, recording and systematization of lost or partially destroyed immovable cultural monuments (architectural structures of various purposes in synthesis with works of monumental and fine art), as well as works of decorative art in museum collections of Ukraine.

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Kara-Vasileva T.V. Ukraine's cultural and artistic heritage during the Russian-Ukrainian war: threats, losses, preservation issues (transcript of scientific report at the meeting of the Presidium of NAS of Ukraine, August 22, 2025). Visn. Nac. Akad. Nauk Ukr. 2025. (10): 27—35. https://doi.org/10.15407/visn2025.10.027