Occupants searched libraries in Kherson region and took away books in Ukrainian

Activists of the Yellow Ribbon Movement reported on another raid conducted by Russian occupiers in libraries in the temporarily occupied part of Kherson region.

This was reported by the Yellow Ribbon resistance movement.

According to the activists, during these and previous searches, the occupation forces seized more and more books that they consider "hostile" or inconsistent with Russian ideology. This time, they claimed that they did not have to seize anything, as only Russian and Soviet literature remained.

Such actions are part of Russia's policy aimed at destroying Ukrainian identity and cultural memory in the occupied territories.

Earlier, on October 13, Anna Severina, a veteran librarian and former director of the Mykhailo Hrushevsky Library, passed away in Odesa. She spent more than 40 years working in this institution, leaving a deep mark on the cultural life of the city.

In 1984-1989, she served as the library's director. Her colleagues remember her as a fair, sincere, dedicated person who always supported others with advice and a kind word.

The funeral service for Anna Severina took place on October 17 at 10:00 a.m. in the library at Valikhovskyi lane: 4 Valikhovsky Lane. The library community and colleagues expressed their deepest condolences to the family and friends.

Also in September, Honored Worker of Culture of Ukraine, researcher at the Odesa Literary Museum Leonid Liptuga, author of the Sculpture Garden and Odesa Courtyard museum projects, passed away. "The Sculpture Garden has 17 compositions and was opened in 1995.

Катерина Глушко