​Cultural and Artistic Project “A Place of Resistance: Infrastructure Projects of the Azovstal Metallurgical Plant”

The project is implemented by the Central State Scientific and Technical Archives of Ukraine in cooperation with the Central State Audiovisual and Electronic Archive, the V.I.Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine, the V.G.Korolenko Kharkiv State Scientific Library, and the press service of the Metinvest Group, with support from the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation.

One of the key goals of the project is to engage young people in researching local history and preserving cultural heritage, in particular through familiarization with archival and library materials dedicated to the heroic defense of Azovstal during the Russo-Ukrainian War.

Speakers at the event included: Anatoliy Khromov, Head of the State Archival Service of Ukraine; Marat Balishev, Director of the Central State Scientific and Technical Archives of Ukraine; Olha Vovk, Deputy Director of the Academician P.T.Tronko Center for Ukrainian Studies and Local History, V.N.Karazin Kharkiv National University; Maryna Paliienko, Head of the Department of Archival Studies and Special Fields of Historical Science, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv; Nataliya Petrenko, Director of the V.G.Korolenko Kharkiv State Scientific Library; Sergiy Posokhov, Head of the Department of Historiography, Source Studies, and Archaeology, V.N.Karazin Kharkiv National University; Alla Prylutska, Head of the Department of Documentation and Ukrainian Language, National Aerospace University “Kharkiv Aviation Institute”; Halyna Salata, Professor of the Department of Information Activities and Public Relations, Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts; Olena Tveritnikova, Head of the Department of Ukrainian Studies, Cultural Studies, and History of Science, National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute”; Eduard Khryapin, Head of the Department of History, Archaeology, and Humanities, Kharkiv Humanitarian and Pedagogical Academy of the Kharkiv Regional Council. The event was moderated by Leonid Marushchak, Head of the NGO “Museum Open for Renovation.”