Mykola Tomenko: Closing of the Museum of Ukrainian People's Republic on the Eve of the Day of Reunion of Ukraine, can be regarded as a Public Scorn of the Ukrainian History and National Identity.
Mykola Tomenko, Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, appealed to the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych with a request to elucidate the situation with closing of the Museum of Ukrainian Revolution 1917-1921 in Kyiv.
The Museum of Ukrainian Revolution 1917-1921 was opened on 22 January 2009 on the day of the 90th anniversary of the Day of Reunion of Ukraine between the Western Ukrainian People´s Republic and Ukrainian People´s Republic. Today, several mass media announced that the museum was closed.
Mykola Tomenko is convinced that the closing of the Museum of Ukrainian Revolution 1917-1921, which elucidated the history of the Ukrainian People´s Republic, on the eve of the Day of Reunion of Ukrainian be regarded as a public scorn of the Ukrainian history and national identity.
M. Tomenko also requested the President of Ukraine to announce whether a similar situation may confront the National Museum "Memorial of Famine-Genocide Victims in Ukraine", the National Historical-Memorial Museum "Babyn Yar" and the National Historical-Memorial Reserve "Bykivnianski Mohyly" subordinate to the restructured Ukrainian Institute of National Memory.