Parliament Votes Down Law on Preservation of Kyiv Cave Monastery Complex

KYIV – The Supreme Council has voted down a resolution about the preservation of the Kyiv Cave Monastery Museum Complex and the further development of the National Kyiv Cave Historic and Cultural Complex.

The resolution was supported by 148 out of 417 MPs registered in the session hall, with 226 votes needed to adopt the document.

According to the press service of the Supreme Council, the resolution recommended that the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and Kyiv City Administration should transfer the complex of Kyiv Cave Monastery to state ownership and under control of the central executive agency in charge of cultural heritage.

The document also proposed adopting a new master plan for the National Kyiv Cave Complex within the boundaries of its protected areas, which are buffer zones of the UNESCO-protected objects.

It also recommended that the Cabinet of Ministers and Kyiv authorities approve the state program of preservation of the Kyiv Cave Monastery and the development of the national museum complex.