We present to your attention the new release of the “Memories of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra” photo project.

As noted in previous releases of the photo project, the staff of the State Preserve-Museum “Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra” made significant efforts to restore a full-scale exhibition activity in its territory in the first postwar years. During 1946 - 1949, a number of thematic exhibitions were opened. They were dedicated to the outstanding architectural monuments of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, historical events, and art objects from the Preserve collection. The museum workers prepared new lectures and developed different pedestrian routes in order to encourage Kyivans and guests of the city to visit our cultural and educational institution. However, the pre-war rates of museum visitation were achieved only in the early 1950s. As in the 1920s and 1930s, the Preserve was visited mainly by large groups. As exception, special tours were organized for high-level guests.

The next release of the “Memories of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra” photo project will be dedicated to the visitors of the State Preserve-Museum “Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra” in the 1950s.

Picture captions:

1. Yugoslav government delegation headed by Marshal Josip Broz Tito (pictured second from the left) accompanied by the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party Mykhailo Khrushchev (pictured first from the left) in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. April 1945

2. Marshal Josip Broz Tito listens to the guide. April 1945

3. First tourists in the Cathedral Square. The mid-1940s

4. High-level guests visiting the Lavra. The 1940s

5. Delegation of scientists near the Trinity Gate Church. Academician Otto Schmidt is pictured fourth from the right. The late 1940s

6. On the ruins of the Dormition Cathedral. Ukrainian literary critic Professor Serhiy Maslov is pictured second from the left.

7. Well-known Soviet anthropologist Mykhailo Gerasymov (pictured fourth from the left) among the research workers of the Preserve (the first from the left is V. Shydenko, second - M. Kunytska). The early 1950s

8. Representatives of the parachurch delegation visiting the Church of the Savior at Berestove. The tour is led by Dmytro Krasytsky, the former director of the Preserve (pictured second from the left). The early 1950s

9. Group of soldiers in the Church of the Savior at Berestove near the cenotaph of Prince Yuriy Dolgoruky. 1947

10. War veterans. M. Shevchenko, the Preserve research worker, is pictured third from the right is 1940s

11. Group of tourists. M. Shevchenko with a pointer is pictured in the foreground.