Monument to Holodomor Victims

In November 2008, the grand opening of the monument “Candle of Memory”, dedicated to all those who died during the Holodomor, which occurred in Ukraine in 1933, took place. It is a 32-meter concrete chapel, made in the form of a white candle with a beautiful gilded flame. The edges of this huge candle are decorated with a bizarre ornament of small windows reminiscent of Ukrainian embroidery. These carved crosses are a symbol of Ukrainians who died of starvation. Around the monument is a mini-square, which is surrounded by 24 millstones around the perimeter. It is a symbol of the 24,000 human souls that were carried away daily by the Holodomor.

In front of the monument is a small sculpture of a girl who touchingly presses spikelets of wheat to her chest. It symbolizes children who died of hunger, as well as the law “on five spikelets”, adopted in the 30s. The monument was built according to the project of the famous artist Anatoly Gaydamak and the creative team headed by him. Under the construction, it is planned to open an underground “virtual” hall, which will show films about the terrible consequences of the Holodomor.