Key points
- The Verkhovna Rada adopted the law on the Ukrainian National Pantheon.
- Bill No. 15360 received 287 votes from people’s deputies.
- The pantheon is a place of memory for prominent Ukrainians in state-building, culture, science, sports, and religion.
- The law defines the procedure for competitions for the construction and arrangement of the pantheon.
- It prescribes criteria and grounds on which it is impossible to honor a person.
The Verkhovna Rada adopted bill No. 15360 on the creation of the Ukrainian National Pantheon, which received 287 votes from people’s deputies.
The document was submitted by President Volodymyr Zelensky on June 28, Constitution Day.
The pantheon will be a national place of memory where the most prominent Ukrainians who have made historical contributions to:
- achieving and restoring independence;
- state-building and development;
- formation of the Ukrainian nation, army, culture, art, science, sports, development of civil society, and religion.
The bill defines the features of holding competitions for the construction of the pantheon and its arrangement, as well as the mechanisms for honoring prominent Ukrainians.
The document also establishes a list of requirements under which such honoring cannot take place.
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