Embassy of Belarus, Kyiv

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Embassy of Belarus in Kyiv
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Embassy of Belarus, Kyiv
Location Kyiv
AddressMykhailo Kotsiubynsky St., 3, Kyiv 01030, Ukraine
Coordinates 50°26′48″N30°30′14″E / 50.4467°N 30.5039°E / 50.4467; 30.5039 Coordinates: 50°26′48″N30°30′14″E / 50.4467°N 30.5039°E / 50.4467; 30.5039
Ambassador Ihor Sokol

The Embassy of Belarus in Kyiv is the diplomatic mission of Belarus in Ukraine. [1]

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History

Diplomatic relations between Ukraine and Belarus established December 27, 1991. Embassy of Ukraine in Belarus was launched June 30, 1992. Belarus embassy in Kyiv was opened October 12, 1993.

History of the embassy building

The mansion, on the basis of which a new complex of buildings and structures of the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in Kyiv was formed, was designed by the famous Kyiv architect Vasyl Osmak and is located in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kyiv at Mykhailo Kotsyubynskoho Street, 3. It has had its modern name since 1939 in honor of the 75th anniversary of the birth of Ukrainian writer Mykhailo Kotsyubynsky, author of the novel Fata Morgana  [ uk ], and others. The mansion is an architectural monument.

A two-storey building with a ground floor, which was previously used as a residential building, where at the end of the 19th and the first half of the 20th century lived Mykhailo Dieterichs – surgeon, doctor of medicine, professor of Kyiv University of st. Vladimir. The building has a r-shaped configuration with access to the courtyard in the right part of the main facade.

The facades of the building are designed in the Empire style with an asymmetrical composition of the main facade, which highlights the risalit, topped by a triangular pediment with a lunette. Between the risalit and the main volume is a terrace with columns of the Tuscan order. Along the entire main facade is a cornice of simple profile with mutulas. The sheets on the second floor are decorated with pilasters and scapulae. Panels above the windows are decorated with stucco. Rectangular windows. The mansion fits well in terms of storeys, silhouette and style in the surrounding buildings of the street.

The building uses wooden load-bearing elements in the roof and floors. The interiors are designed in the same style as the house itself, with compositional techniques of Art Nouveau style. Preserved fireplace and tiled stove. In front of the building, along the entrance to it, there is an elongated square.

Previous ambassadors

  1. Arkady Smolich (1918) [2]
  2. Alexander Tsvikevych (1919) [3]
  3. Vitaliy Kurashyk (1993–2001) [4]
  4. Valentin Velichko (2001–2016) [5]
  5. Ihor Sokol (2016 [6] -)

Events

See also

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References

  1. "Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine". Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Retrieved December 22, 2012.
  2. Аркадий Антонович Смолич. Биография
  3. ЦВІКЕВІЧ Аляксандр Іванавіч
  4. Verkhovna Rada
  5. "Ambassador. Embassy of Belarus in Kiev". Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved December 22, 2012.
  6. Envoys from Sweden, Norway, Belarus, Kuwait give credentials to Poroshenko, UNIAN (October 6, 2016)
  7. Україна вислала білоруського дипломата у відповідь на оголошення радника посольства в Білорусі Скворцова персоною нон ґрата