The War Museum has opened an installation-reconstruction dedicated to the Revolution on Granite. The artistic project consists of three tents that recreate the atmosphere of the revolution and its impact on the further history of Ukraine. The reconstruction was implemented by the Public Union “Ukrainian Student League” (USL) with the support of the War Museum.
During the opening, Dmytro Hainetdinov, Deputy Director General for Research, noted that this project represents the living memory of the struggle for the establishment of the Ukrainian state, passed down from generation to generation.
Mykyta Kucherov, Head of the Executive Board of the USL, added that the installation highlights the key historical events of October 1990, when brave young people came out to the central square of Kyiv with faith in Ukraine and determination for change. As he emphasized, the Revolution on Granite began the tradition of peaceful resistance, later manifested in the Orange Revolution and the Revolution of Dignity, and the patriotic stance of its participants became the foundation for the development of civil society.
The project’s initiator, First Deputy Head of the Executive Board of the USL, Daryna Kichko, explained the concept of the installation. The first tent recreates the beginning of the events of 1990; the second tent displays documents that show the support of Ukrainian youth by foreign students from around the world. According to Ms. Daryna, the third tent is the most important, as it symbolizes the influence of the protest on later events — from the Revolution on the Grass in Sumy against the illegal merger of universities, through the Orange Revolution and the Revolution of Dignity, up to the present day.
The project aims to inspire new generations, emphasizing the continuity of the struggle for Ukraine’s freedom.
