Object description

The National Museum-Preserve "Battle for Kyiv 1943”, is a museum dedicated to the Kyiv Strategic Offensive Operation of autumn 1943. The museum is located on the outskirts of the village of Novi Petrivtsi, Vyshhorod Raion of Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. The curator of the museum -Ministry of Culture of the Kyiv Regional State Administration. Museum director is Ivan Petrovich Vìkovan. The Museum was created by the Council of People's Commissars of Ukraine and the CENTRAL COMMITTEE of VKP as a museum-preserve “The battle for Kyiv 1943” on March 20, 1945. To date, the museum has been visited by more than 10 million people from 85 countries of the world. The museum maintains stationary and mobile exhibitions. On the territory of the museum each year, are a number of ceremonies to honor the memory of the heroes of the Battle of the Dnieper, meetings, appointments, veterans, induction, etc.