On June 26, the Museum and Exhibition Center welcomed honored guests from a distant continent, a country that sincerely and steadfastly supports Ukraine. Renowned Australian jockey Craig Williams and Larisa Malovana Williams visited Ukraine on an exceptionally symbolic mission — to return a piece of history.
At the request of collector John Bresil, the Museum of Kyiv History received a postage stamp titled “Saint Sophia Cathedral” created by Sviatoslav Hordynskyi. This stamp was printed in Prague by the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists during May–June 1941.
Eighty-two years later, this valuable fragment of our history arrived in Kyiv. The image, crafted by Hordynskyi, depicts one of the oldest symbols of the Ukrainian capital — a commemorative artifact of the Ukrainian people’s struggle for independence, which today will serve as a source of inspiration and hope.
We are deeply grateful to John Bresil for this gift, and to Craig Williams and Larisa Malovana-Williams for dedicating their time and attention to the work of the team at the Museum of Kyiv History.