Nelia Kukovalska discusses her work as Director General of St. Sophia of Kyiv, the largest museum complex in Ukraine.

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The St. Sophia of Kyiv National Conservation Area comprises six museums of mostly monastic buildings in and around Kyiv. The crown jewel of the group is the St. Sophia Cathedral. A designated UNESCO World Heritage site, it is arguably one of the most important Christian shrines in Western Europe and a monument of Ukrainian architecture. As the war in Ukraine persists and Russia continues to launch missiles at Kyiv, Director General Nelia Kukovalska considers Ukraine's rich cultural heritage and the crucial, complex labor of preserving it—and how partnerships with libraries bolster their work.

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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Nelia Kukovalska is a Director General of the National Conservation Area "St. Sophia of Kyiv," Academician of the Ukrainian Academy of Architecture (2005), Honored Worker of Culture of Ukraine (2008), Corresponding Member of the Academy of Civil Engineering of Ukraine (2016), Member of the Association of European Councils (2020), Senior Specialist in the field of architecture, restoration, construction, practices of monument protection and museum work. She is the leader and one of the authors/developers of a number of programs for preserving the architectural heritage of the Conservation Area and the strategy of museum activities aimed at ensuring scientifically sound protection of architectural monuments of the Conservation Area, which received a high positive assessment by specialists in branches of architecture and construction (Ukrainian Academy of Architecture, Ministry of Regional Development of Ukraine, Academy of Civil Engineering of Ukraine, National Union of Architects of Ukraine).

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Courtesy Nelia Kukovalska