This bell originally hung as a decorative element near the home of Anastasiia Havrylivna Nikytiuk (née Horbata) at 22 Pechersko-Karavaievska Street, Kyiv (currently the territory of the Hryshko National Botanical Garden; after the war, the house was relocated to 21 Lomakivska Street).
The Nikytiuk family had five children—two sons and three daughters. Construction of the house began in the early 20th century. In 1918, the building was first struck by artillery fire, which ignited the roof frame and damaged part of the structure. The family was able to complete reconstruction only shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War.
On September 18, 1941, during the German-Soviet War, an enemy shell hit the Nikytiuk property. Anastasiia Havrylivna was killed, and her youngest son, 17-year-old Mykola, was seriously wounded by shell fragments. One of the fragments struck the bell, piercing a hole in it. The bell was preserved for many years by Mykola Savovych Nikytiuk, and after his death, it was passed on to his daughter, Nina Mykolaivna Nikytiuk (granddaughter of Anastasiia Havrylivna), who in 2019 donated this family heirloom to the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War
The bell is conical in shape, gradually widening toward the base. It is hollow. At the top is a flat rectangular metal headpiece with a circular hole for hanging or mounting. The transition from the waist to the sound bow is decorated with three horizontal raised lines, one of which is interrupted by an elongated hole approximately 1.6 × 1.5 cm in size, caused by the impact of a shell fragment. Inside the bell, a movable clapper is suspended by a ring. Originally made of yellow metal, the bell has darkened over time and is now covered in patina and rust.