DOCUMENTING
OF CULTURAL HERITAGE DESTRUCTION
Results of projects for overcoming the consequencesof the Russian-Ukrainian war
Voskresenska
(Voznesenska)
church
(Voznesenska)
church
51.385682
31.391163
31.391163
Chernihiv region,
Lukashivka
Papanintsiv str.
Lukashivka
Papanintsiv str.


Architectural monument
1896







Emergent
Ventures

Practical guide by HeMo based on three years of expeditions during the Russian-Ukrainian war

Rapid Preliminary Report: "Flooding of Cultural Heritage Repositories Due to the Destruction of the Nova Kakhovka Damon 6 June 2023" by Conflict Observatory
Recommendations Rescuing and Restoring Water-Damaged Cultural Heritage Sites (prepared in cooperation with the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative) – in Ukrainian for the Ukrainian community
Report on the results of projects documenting the loss of cultural heritage
Reclaiming our Heritage: Monitoring Ukrainian Museums to Establish Justice
Rapid Reports on Damaged Sites Prepared by the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative, the Virginia Museum of Natural History, the Penn Cultural Heritage Center, HeMo, and the University of Maryland.



ABOUT US
Ukrainian Heritage Monitoring Lab (HeMo) is aprofessional NGO whose mission is to provide data on cultural heritage for itto become included in Ukrainians' lives and play its part in reclaiming ouridentity.
THE DOCUMENTATION
PROCESs
Data collection, remote monitoring
Preparation for an expedition
Field expedition using methods: ICCROM, Forensic Heritage, rapid verification
Data processing
Uploading to the database
Data audit
Delivering value to users for recovery and justice
EXPEDITION RESULTS
We have conducted dozens of expeditions and surveyed more than a thousand of sites to record the loss of cultural heritage, document the extent of destruction, and have created a database with information about the sites we have investigated. This database will help systematically and comprehensively plan the restoration of monuments, as well as defend Ukraine's interests in prosecution of Russian crimes against Ukrainian culture.
17
regions
131
expeditions
795
sites discovered with remote monitoring
1410
sites surveyed
1 213
damaged sites documented
Data as of February 2025
Sites surveyed:0
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Number of sites displayed
1409
Умовні позначення:
об'єкт обстежений
Site status:
damaged
not damaged
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Іванківський краєзнавчий музей (будівля ХІХ ст.)
Address:
смт Іванків, вул. Шевченка, 14
Київська
47
Церква Покрова Пресвятої Богородиці
Address:
с. Липівка, вул. Шевченка, 53
Київська
48
Вознесенська церква
Address:
с. Бобрик, вул. Щорса, 18-а
Київська
49
Погруддя Тараса Шевченка (встановлено у 1999 р.)
Address:
смт Бородянка, Майдан Тараса Шевченка
Київська
50
Меморіальний пам’ятник воїнам-афганцям (встановлений на початку ХХІ ст.)
Address:
м. Буча, парк Воїнам Афганцям
Київська
51
Центр культури і мистецтв КНЛУ
Address:
м. Київ, Предславинська, 6
Київ
52
Георгіївська церква
Address:
с. Заворичі
Київська
53
Вознесенська церква
Address:
с. Лук’янівка
Київська
54
Церква Різдва Пресвятої Богородиці
Address:
с. Перемога
Київська
55
Пам’ятник загиблим воїнам ЗСУ (встановлено між 2014 та 2021 рр.)
Address:
с. Гурівщина
Київська
56
Церква св. Іоанна Богослова
Address:
с. Мощун
Київська
57
Монастир Ікони Божої Матері Услишательниці»
Address:
с. Фасова
Київська
58
Меморіальний пам’ятник Герою Радянського Союзу Івану Сергієнку (1984 р.)
Address:
с. Підгайне
Київська
59
Національний науково-природничий музей Національної академії наук України
Address:
м. Київ, вул. Б. Хмельницького, 15
Київ
60
Національний музей мистецтв імені Богдана та Варвари Ханенків
Address:
м. Київ, вул. Терещенківська, 15-17
Київ
To get access to the materials of the platform, please register:
RegistrationAfter the request is approved by the admin, a letter with data for authorization will be sent, and a list of objects with materials available for uploading will become accessible in the system (as for now these are ICCROM forms about the state of the object, damage, and photos).
The website and database are in test mode and are constantly being updated.
If you have any issues, please contact us by email. We also invite you to reach us for cooperation,
If you have any issues, please contact us by email. We also invite you to reach us for cooperation,