The mini-monument to Prince Laborets was erected on 7 May 2016 on the walls of the Uzhgorod fortress. The monument was sponsored by the director of Yazaki Ukraine, Milosz Bosak. The bronze figure of Laborets was stolen in the summer of 2018. Therefore, the authors of the mini-sculpture, Mykhailo Kolodko and Vasyl Kryvanych, moved it closer to the entrance to the castle and fixed it more firmly in its new location (GPS: 48.621081, 22.305645).
Laborets is considered the creator of the Uzhgorod castle and the founder of the city itself Uzhgorod. He was a prince of the Slavic tribe of the White Croats. The name of this prince was first mentioned in the chronicle of Anonymous, Gesta Hungarorum. Historians are still debating whether Prince Laborec really existed in the ninth century or whether he was just a legendary figure. However, most of them are of the opinion that such a prince did exist.
