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🕒 Date of last update of the article: 15.02.2024 at 8:58 p.m | 🖋 Author: Viktor Shatrov
This 29th mini-sculpture was opened in Uzhgorod on December 2, 2017. It was placed in front of the entrance to the building of the former district administration, where the Art Museum named after Bokshaya Hryhoriy Zhatkovich (1920-1921) – the first governor of Subcarpathian Rus, one of the five lands that were part of the first Czechoslovak Republic, which existed from 1919 to 1938, was cast in bronze. Later it was called “Carpathian Ukraine”. The sculpture of the governor sitting on the bell was unveiled by the author Mykhailo Kolodko together with one of the first governors of Transcarpathia after the declaration of Ukraine’s independence, Serhii Ivanovich Ustych.
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| 🗺 Location | N48°38′07″ E22°17′28″ |
| 🗽 Opening date | 02.12.2017 |
| 🧑 Sculptor | Mykhailo Kolodko |
| 🧭 Distance from the center of Uzhgorod | Near |
| 🚙 Road for | Car, on foot |
| 🏕 Stop with a tent | No |
| 🏡 Housing nearby | Uzhgorod |
| ☕ Cafes and shops | Uzhgorod |
Hryhoriy Zhatkovich was born in Transcarpathia, and at the age of 5 he moved to the USA, where he graduated from the Law Faculty of the University of Pennsylvania. In 1918, at the head of the American People’s Council of Ugro-Russians, he conducted negotiations with the 28th President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, and the future President of Czechoslovakia, Tomasz Masaryk. He initiated a plebiscite among American compatriots, the results of which confirmed the desire of the majority (67%) to join Transcarpathia to the Czechoslovak Republic.
On September 10, 1919, Transcarpathia became part of the Czechoslovak Republic. On February 29, 1920, the official name of the region – Subcarpathian Rus – appeared in the Constitution of Czechoslovakia. At the same time, the coat of arms of Transcarpathia was created, and Hryhoriy Zhatkovich was appointed as the first governor. However, he renounced the governorship after 1921, protesting against the Czechs’ failure to grant Transcarpathia autonomy.
During the time of the Czechoslovak Republic, Uzhgorod received modern architecture and cultural perfection, in 1929, the first airport in Transcarpathia was built here.
An interesting legend dedicated to Zhatkovich’s mini-sculpture is told by Nadiya Popadiuk in her book “Uzhgorod – the world capital of mini-sculptures”. According to this legend, the opening of the airport in Uzhgorod was timed to the birthday of Hryhoriy Zhatkovich (December 2, 1886) and the proclamation of Freedom Day in Uzhgorod (December 2, 1920). On the same day, the city opened a symbolic mini-sculpture to the birthday boy, depicting Grigory Zhatkovich with wings on the “Liberty Bell” – the main symbol of the American history of the struggle for independence from Great Britain. A bronze mini-governor was placed in front of the entrance to the county seat (today the Transcarpathian Regional Art Museum named after Y. Bokshay). A local sculptor recreated a crack on a mini copy of the legendary bell and engraved the words from the Bible: “And proclaim freedom on earth to all its inhabitants!”.
The original “Liberty Bell” is located in Philadelphia (USA), its height is 1 meter, and its weight is about 943 kilograms, it has cracked several times. As before, the bell is rung very carefully and only on Independence Day.
| 🔰 Start | From a mini sculpture by Andy Wargol |
| 🚶 Walking distance | 36 m |
| 🕐 Approximate time | 1 minute |
| ⬆ Rise | Mostly without ups and downs |
Author of the article: Viktor Shatrov
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He was born and lived all his life in Uzhhorod. He graduated with a gold medal from Uzhhorod School No. 1 named after Taras Shevchenko (now Uzhhorod Lyceum named after Taras Shevchenko). He studied at the History Department of UzhNU, graduating with honours in 2009. He worked as a senior researcher at the Transcarpathian Museum of Folk Architecture and Life, a lecturer at the East European Slavic University.
