“The Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications has issued an order to dismiss the Director General of the National Reserve “Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra”. The cause was a violation in the activities of the reserve. This was reported by the ICSC press service. “Director General of the National Reserve” Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra “was dismissed from office in connection with the improper fulfillment of the terms of the contract and detected violations in the activity of the reserve. The release order was signed on May 21, 2025, ”the said”, – WRITE ON: ua.news
About it reports ICSC press service.
“The Director General of the National Reserve of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra has been dismissed in connection with the improper fulfillment of the terms of the contract and detected violations in the activity of the reserve. The release order was signed on May 21, 2025, ”the message reads.
The decision was made on the basis of a note of the Director of the Department of Protection and Preservation of the Cultural Heritage of the ICSC Volodymyr Shornikov, said in the department.
The ICSC also reminded that in early May, the CEO of the Reserve was declared a reprimand, which he was introduced personally. The reason for this was the report of the ICC working group, formed to study the current state of accounting, use and conservation of state property, which is in the operational management of the reserve.
The working group checked compliance with the boundaries and modes of use of the territory and buffer zone of the cultural heritage object.
It is known that Maxim Ostapenko is the CEO of the National Reserve.
May 21 he reported in Facebookthat he was released “without explanations and warnings.”
“While we were preparing a large-scale exhibition in the Lavra, I received the news that was a surprise-by order of the Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine, I was dismissed from the post of head of the National Reserve of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. Without explanations. Without warnings. Without any official comments about my work, ”Ostapenko wrote and published a photo of an order for dismissal.
Earlier, the Accounting Chamber found shortcomings when using the National Lavra National Reserve of the State Budget for 29.5 million UAH.
Earlier audit found Violations of 4 billion in the activities of the Ministry of Culture-the Ministry could not effectively use these funds allocated from the state budget in 2018-2022 at the Museum of Dignity Revolution, Holodomor-Genocide and the Sectoral State Archives.
