Taxacom: Damage to National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine following Russian attacks

[Pavel Gol'din]

Dear colleagues,

I work in the Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology and I fully confirm the
facts described by Professor Mosyakin. Moreover, there are additional
details which have been found today. For example, 57 windows are broken in
the National Museum of Natural History and now the administration
is seeking money for their urgent repair to save collections. The
windows of the Herbarium in the Institute of Botany are broken too.

Best,
Pavel Gol'din

On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 12:02 AM Metzler, Eric H. via Taxacom <
taxacom at lists.ku.edu> wrote:

> This is a letter sent to Ukrainian scientists after recent missile attacks
> in Kyiv Ukraine.
>
> "Sergei Mosyakin, Director, M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, National
> Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; President, Ukrainian Botanical Society,
> sent this report:
> The missile strikes at the Taras Shevchenko Park and the crossroad of
> Taras Shevchenko Boulevard and Volodymyrska Street hit the very center of
> Kyiv's cultural, scientific and historical heritage. One missile hit the
> children's playground in the park, another came to the crossroad.
> Photographs of the area are available online.
>
> The damaged buildings and facilities are (info is preliminary):
> Ministry of Education & Science of Ukraine (the building with mainly
> science departments and offices) - severely damaged, almost destroyed;
> Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv - two famous buildings of the
> 19th century: the Main (Red) Building - moderately damaged; the Humanities
> & Philology (Yellow) Building (formerly the First Gymnasium of Kyiv, which
> was Alma Mater for many famous people) - severely damaged;
> some (probably considerable) damage to the nearby hospital (former Kyiv
> University Hospital and Clinic);
> two art museums: Khanenko Museum of Western & Oriental Art and the
> National Museum "Kyiv Art Gallery" (formerly the Museum of Russian Art) -
> both severely damaged;
> Taras Shevchenko Museum - some damage;
> Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine - severely
> damaged;
> Main Conference Hall of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine -
> damaged;
> the House of Teachers (educational museum and conference center) - damaged;
> M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany of the National Academy of Sciences of
> Ukraine - considerably damaged;
> National Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of
> Ukraine - damage to backyard windows;
> I.I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of the National Academy of Sciences
> of Ukraine - just a few windows;
> several monuments,
> etc."
>
> I did not verify this report myself.
>
> Please share it as you see appropriate.
>
> Eric
>
> Eric H. Metzler
>
>
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