A person who to some extent changed the country in the most difficult time for him in search of freedom and the future. It is difficult to overestimate his role in domestic politics.
Vyacheslav Chornovil was born in Cherkasy region, in the village of Vilkhovets, Zvenyhorodka district, where he spent his childhood. Relatives of the politician agreed to give his parents' house for the memorial museum, which is now a branch of the Cherkasy Regional Museum of Local Lore.
A person who to some extent changed the country in the most difficult time for him in search of freedom and the future. It is difficult to overestimate his role in domestic politics.
Vyacheslav Chornovil was born in Cherkasy region, in the village of Vilkhovets, Zvenyhorodka district, where he spent his childhood. Relatives of the politician agreed to give his parents' house for the memorial museum, which is now a branch of the Cherkasy Regional Museum of Local Lore.
The museum's collections consist mainly of the personal belongings of the dissident politician, photographs, books and documents on his activities.
The employees of the institution try to preserve the interiors of the house, to preserve the atmosphere of the time when Vyacheslav Chornovil lived there.
The museum is quite young, its history dates back to 2007, when on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the birth of Vyacheslav Chornovil, an exhibition started in the house. The house itself was handed over to the Cherkasy Museum of Local Lore by the dissident's sister Valentyna Maksymivna. Therefore, the museum is its branch. Today it is visited annually by thousands of tourists, especially residents of Western Ukraine, for whom V. Chornovil had done a lot.
The employees of the institution try to preserve the interiors of the house, to preserve the atmosphere of the time when Vyacheslav Chornovil lived there.
The museum is quite young, its history dates back to 2007, when on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the birth of Vyacheslav Chornovil, an exhibition started in the house. The house itself was handed over to the Cherkasy Museum of Local Lore by the dissident's sister Valentyna Maksymivna. Therefore, the museum is its branch. Today it is visited annually by thousands of tourists, especially residents of Western Ukraine, for whom V. Chornovil had done a lot.