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Bohdan Khmelnytsky
(c. 1595-1657)
Leader, from 1648-1657, of the Zaporozhian Cossacks who
organized an uprising against Polish rule in Ukraine,
which led ultimately to the transfer of the Ukrainian
lands east of the Dnieper River from Polish to Russian
control. His imposing statue overlooks a small park on
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Turkish Pasha
(ca. 1673)
One of the more obscure monuments in Tovste commemorates
the death of a Turkish Pasha, who is thought to have died
in battle around 1673. The small stone monument is said
to refer to a chieftain killed during an uprising that
started near Jagielnica (about 10 km away) and moved to
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King Jan Sobieski (1629-1696)
A 6-8 m tall obelisk honouring the former Polish King
Jan Sobieski ranks second only to Lenin’s statue
as one of Tovste’s famous ‘invisible monuments’.
It was erected in 1933 in honour of the 250th anniversary
of Sobieski’s brilliant military victory over the
Turks at the Kahlenberg, near Vienna, on 12 September
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Taras Shevchenko (1814-1861)
Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko was the foremost Ukrainian
poet of the 19th century and a major figure of the Ukrainian
national revival. As in so many towns and cities of Ukraine,
his statue dominates a small park in Tovste, on Ukrainska
Str., near the Greek Catholic church.
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Vladimir Ilich Lenin (1870-1924)
Founder of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks), inspirer
and leader of the Bolshevik Revolution (1917), and the
architect, builder and first head (1917–24) of the
Soviet state. Arguably the century's most significant
political leader, his statue adorned countless cities
and towns of the former Soviet Union.
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Holocaust monument
A memorial to the countless victims of atrocities perpetrated
against Jews in Tluste and other towns from 1942-1943
is found in the Jewish cemetery, on the road leading out
of town towards Lisivtsi. It bears an inscription “in
memory of the martyrs of Tluste and surroundings who were
annihilated by the Nazis in the years 1942-1943”.
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Monument to Ukrainian nationalists
During and after the Second World War, Tovste was a hotbed
of Ukrainian nationalist resistance, with a well-organised
and disciplined youth cell of the Ukrainian Nationalists
Organisation (UNO). A monument to five nationalists who
died for their cause was erected on the grounds of the
Jewish cemetery, on the outskirts of town.
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Monument to Second World War Victims
A monument to Russian officers and citizens of Tovste
who died in the Second World War is situated in a green
area north of the Greek Catholic church, more or less
opposite Tovste’s main bus stop. The remains of
soldiers found in the fields were also brought there
from the villages for burial. more
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Independence monument (Grave of
the Virgin Mary)
Located on Ukrainska Str. not far from the museum, and
recognizable by its pyramid shape, the so-called Grave
of the Virgin Mary bears the names of soldiers from Tovste
who died in battle in the Second World War. Also known
as the Independence Monument, there are occasional public
gatherings at the site on Holy Days.
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