In Mariupol, rioters destroyed Ukrainian books (photo)

50% of the Mariupol library collection was burned during shelling or was liquidated as “extremist”.

"The library fund of Mariupol had 360,000 books before the full-scale invasion. According to preliminary information, 50% of publications were burned during shelling or were eliminated as “extremist”. Four library buildings are destroyed or have critical damage – named after “Lesya Ukrainka, Kuprin, Korolenko and Gogol”, – reports the Telegram channel of the Mariupol City Council. and rename the names.

Yes, Ivan Franko's library now has the name of Pushkin, Oles Honchar – Chekhov, and the historical library of Mykhailo Hrushevskyi is now named after him. Karamzin.

The city council reminded that now the Mariupol library named after Korolenka works in evacuation in Dnipro. The director of the library, Victoria Lisohor, is fruitfully working on the creation of new funds. 2,300 titles of books have already been collected. They are donated by charitable foundations, organizations, and volunteers. Until the deoccupation of Mariupol, the books will be stored in the Dnipro library, the city council informed.

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