30-anniversary of the People's Movement of Ukraine

30 October 2019 in Chernihiv Historical Museum named VV. Tarnovsky was another museum meeting, which was dedicated to the 30th anniversary of People's Movement of Ukraine. The event was attended by students active Chernihiv Cooperative College, "Ruhovtsev" the times.

Greeted the audience asked museum director Sergei Laevsky, He noted the invaluable contribution "ruhovtsev" in the statehood of independent Ukraine.

Summary of the formation of the socio-political association said researcher Michael Zhyrohov Museum.

8-10 September 1989 in Kyiv became one of the most important events in the history of the twentieth century Ukraine - Constituent Assembly of the People's Movement of Ukraine for restructuring. This organization allowed the then Soviet authorities to legalize the hope of pro-Ukrainian forces to monitor and keep Ukraine in the Soviet Union. But it happened so, that it is the "movement" became the main organizational force, contributed to Ukraine's independence.

In the Constituent Assembly delegation took part from Chernigov. About, as it shared his memoirs Sergey Butko - now the representative of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory in Chernihiv region.

He made an interesting insight into the history of association, based on their own memories of that time active member of "Movement" Sergey Chernyakov - now the scientific secretary of the National architectural and historical reserve "Ancient Chernihiv". Summed up the results of the meeting the deputy head of the regional organization of the Movement Sergey Solomaha.

Museum staff had prepared an exhibition "For Ukraine, she will!», where are the documents and things Chernihiv - members of the democratic movement, who fought for the independence of Ukraine in the late 1980s and early 1990s.