The contracting organization that carried out work in the church of St.. Nicholas in Kyiv after the fire, does not get in touch after receiving most of the funds. This was announced by one of the representatives of the Ukrainian business, who took on the costs associated with emergency work in the church, Masi Naem.

" Nicholas. However, the calculations were not agreed with the working group, as agreed. Now it became known that in the building itself there are problems with heat supply.. The heating system is not running, the building is not ready for operation during the heating season. However, the contractor, after receiving most of the funds, is not going to eliminate the shortcomings, he does not get in touch,"

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Massy Nayem notes that all emergency work in the Church was carried out for the money of philanthropists. But no one feels obligated to account for spending. On the fundraising landing page for the restoration of the Church, the information was last updated back in January. No one informed the benefactors about the calculations.

He said that emergency work in the church of St.. Nicholas ended on January 31. Further, according to the plan, the acceptance of the work performed and the verification of as-built documentation followed..

And only then it was agreed to pay the contractor. Until recently, when accepting the work, many questions arose that did not receive an answer..

On February 25, the day after the full-scale invasion, the House of Music announced that it was awaiting permission to pay from the working group.

Massy Naem noted that, despite the objections of activists, the Minister of Culture Alexander Tkachenko gave the order to carry out the calculation..

" And the haste in making such decisions, especially in war conditions, is very inappropriate.. On March 18, in a joint working chat, the director of the House of Music announced that she would partially pay off the contractor. Since such an instruction was given by the Minister of Culture Alexander Tkachenko. And after 4 days, despite my disagreement with such a decision, the National House of Organ and Chamber Music of Ukraine paid the contractor UAH 7,029,610.56. Until the full settlement, it remains to pay UAH 907,049.00,"

Payment arrangements continued to be violated.

" What did the Minister agree with?. However, the agreements were violated, and this raises reasonable suspicions about the proper execution and acceptance of work,"

He also recalled that due to the careful monitoring of activists over the progress of emergency response work, they managed to save 5.5 million hryvnias..

Recall, on September 3, 2021, a fire broke out in the Church of St. Nicholas in Kyiv. As a result of the fire, the organ was damaged, some rooms near the organ and a chandelier that simply fell from the ceiling. The cause of the fire was a short circuit in the organ during a rehearsal.

Emergency and restoration work in the church was supposed to begin a few months before the fire, however, as Minister Tkachenko shrugged his shoulders, the tender was blocked.

The organ of the Kyiv House of Organ and Chamber Music was specially created by the masters of the firm " The organ had 55 registers distributed over three manual and pedal keyboards, 3945 pipes of different diameters and lengths (from 13 millimeters to 6 meters) made of metal and expensive woods (ebony and mahogany were used).

The instrument had a wide palette of timbres; works of various styles and directions were performed on it - from ancient music to modern authors.. When designing, the organic combination of instrument shapes with the interiors of the former Nicholas Church was taken into account.. The organ, which was created not for a functioning temple, but for a concert hall, was located unconventionally - in the altar of the cathedral, turned into a stage.

The church was built in 1899-1909 in the Neo-Gothic style by the Kyiv architect Vladislav Gorodetsky. It was divided between the National House of Organ and Chamber Music of Ukraine as a venue for concerts, and the parish of St. Nicholas of the Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine, which held services for the religious community.

The Kyiv authorities refused to transfer the premises of the Roman Catholic Church in full until the issue of the new location of the Organ Hall was resolved.. The church building was in disrepair as of 2009.

The Ministry of Culture planned by the end of 2023 to implement the project for the construction of the House of Music in Kyiv and move the National House of Organ and Chamber Music of Ukraine to it.