In February, the fundraising for the installation of a monument to the outstanding Ukrainian figure of education and culture, a writer and translator, the rector of the Kharkov University (1841-1849) started at the main building of the Kharkiv National University..

January 23, 2017 The Academic Council of the University supported the initiative to erect a sculpture, notes 2day. kh. ua.

"Now the project of the monument is approved, the place where the sculpture will be located, the question of financing remains open," noted the rector of the Kharkov National University Vil Bakirov.

The monument to the honorary member of Kharkov University Petru Gulak-Artemovsky was ordered to Alexander Ridnoy.

According to the sculptor Alexander Ridny, the opening of the monument will take place on November 16, edema 057.

"The monument is made of bronze, and its base is made of granite. The idea of ??creating a monument belongs to the university's rector. Petr Gulak-Artemovsky was not only a writer, but also a rector of this university. He came to the university, because he knew Polish perfectly, "- said Alexander Ridny.

The sculptor noted that despite the fact that the monument is located in the park Shevchenko, problems with its placement did not arise, since this territory belongs to the university.

The manufacture of the monument lasted more than a year.

reference. In 1817 Peter Gulak-Artemovsky entered Kharkov University as a free listener of the verbal department. Subsequently, he began teaching history, geography and statistics. Since that time his whole life has been connected with Kharkov and the University. From 1841 until his retirement he was rector of Kharkov University.