{"id":13704,"date":"2020-05-09T16:47:08","date_gmt":"2020-05-09T13:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-to.rest\/blog\/mini-sculpture-liberty-bell\/"},"modified":"2020-05-09T16:47:10","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T13:47:10","slug":"mini-sculpture-liberty-bell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/go-to.rest\/blog\/en\/mini-sculpture-liberty-bell\/","title":{"rendered":"Mini-sculpture ” Liberty Bell\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
This 29th mini-sculpture was opened in Uzhgorod<\/a> December 2, 2017. It was placed in front of the entrance to the building of the former zhupanat, where it is located today Art Museum. Bokshay<\/a> (GPS: 48.624976, 22.296660). From bronze cast Gregory Zhatkovich (1920-1921) – the first Governor of Subcarpathian Russia, one of the five lands that were part of the first Czechoslovak Republic, which existed from 1919 to 1938. Later it was named “Carpatho-Ukraine<\/a>“.The sculpture of the Governor sitting on a bell was unveiled by Mikhail Kolodko together with one of the first governors of Transcarpathia after the Declaration of Independence Ukraine<\/a> Sergei Ivanovich Ustice.<\/p>\n Gregory Zatkovic was born in Transcarpathia<\/a>, and at the age of 5, he moved to USA<\/a>, where he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania school of law. In 1918, at the head of the American people’s Rada, prusiniv negotiated with the 28th President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, and the future President Czechoslovakia<\/a> Tomasz Masaryk. Initiated a plebiscite among American countrymen, the results of which confirmed the desire of the majority (67%) to Annex Transcarpathia to the Czechoslovak Republic.<\/p>\n\n On September 10, 1919, Transcarpathia became part of the Czechoslovak Republic. February 29, 1920 in the Constitution of Czechoslovakia appeared the official name of the province-Subcarpathian Rus. At the same time it was created and coat of arms of Transcarpathia<\/a>, and the first Governor was appointed Gregory Zhatkovych. However, he renounced the governorship after 1921, protesting against the Czechs ‘ failure to grant autonomy to Transcarpathia.<\/p>\n
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