Ministry of Culture and Reserves: What Is Happening in the Lavra and Sofia?

This week, the museum community was shaken by the news of the dismissal of Maxim Ostapenko from the post of director of the National Reserve “Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra”. Against the background of reports from the team of another reserve — “Sofia of Kyiv” — about an attempt to remove director Nel Kukovalska from the leadership, this demission created a picture of a “major reboot” of cultural institutions. Employees of other museums in the capital, whic…