A trail of remembrance across Prague: Taras Shevchenko’s monument, physicist Ivan Puljuj’s memorial plaque, and Malvazinky and Olšany cemeteries.
Shared Czech-Ukrainian heritage is preserved in Prague through urban memorials, commemorative plaques, and historic graves. This itinerary guides visitors to key sites while documenting factual histories.
Note: check the opening hours of Malvazinky and Olšany cemeteries on the administrations’ pages (OLS02, PU07). The street numbers on Preslova are disputed (see stop 2).
Unveiled on 25 March 2009 in the presence of President Viktor Yushchenko; sculptor Mykola Znoba. It recalls the Prague edition of the "Kobzar" (a two-volume edition of 1875–1876; the dates of first printing differ between sources).
Taras Shevchenko Monument on Kinský Square
https://mostypameti.cz/en/d/R0074
Memorial plaque of physicist Ivan Puluj on house no. 1268. Sources give the Preslova street number differently (15 — PU01 and R0001, 5 — PU02); the conflict is left for cadastral and field verification. The unveiling on 22.06.1930 rests on a single source (PU02).
Ivan Puljuj Commemorative Plaque (Preslova No. 1268)
https://mostypameti.cz/en/d/R0075
Ivan Puluj’s grave according to the official register (PU03): sector AII, grave no. 25. Since 2018 the Ukrainian Initiative in Czechia and the Embassy of Ukraine have looked after the tombstone. This is the actual burial place, different from the plaque location.
Malvazinky Cemetery (Puljuj Family Grave)
https://mostypameti.cz/en/d/R0073
The atlas distinguishes: poet Oleksandr Oles was buried here in 1944–2017 and, after the exhumation of January 2017, reburied at Lukyanivka Cemetery in Kyiv (OLS04, OLS07). Whether a memorial marker stands at the former grave is not recorded in the dossier.
Olšany Cemeteries (Dormition Church Section)
https://mostypameti.cz/en/d/R0070
The Nusle Town Hall (R0077) is a historic municipal building in the Nusle district (R0083). The Ukrajinské centrum Nusle (R0062) is a separate object; the town hall’s link with the Ukrainian community still has to be documented.
Nusle Town Hall (Historic Nusle Space)
https://mostypameti.cz/en/d/R0077
