Ukraine war: damaged libraries (updatet: 08/24/2022)

Damages to libraries can be reported here: Бібліотеки, які постраждали внаслідок російсько-української війни

To record a war crimes: https://culturecrimes.mkip.gov.ua

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Attack on 07/19/2022

Village Library in the Dachne House of Culture, damaged building, state of the library’s book collection is currently unknown


Attack on 07/06/2022

University Library at the Kharkiv National Pedagogical University named after H.S. Skovorody (Skovorody University), state of the university library collection currently unknown


Attack on 06/25/2022

Church Library in modern church of St. Petro Mohyla, burned books


Attack on 05/25/2022

Zaporizhia Regional Universal Scientific Library, modern building is damaged


Attack on 05/08/2022

Library of the trade union of the “Ilyich” in the old building of the joint-stock company “Nikopol”, built in the late XIX century (not registered). There in are also the House of Culture named after Karl Marx and the Museum of History.

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Attack on 05/07/2022

Branch library № 18 of the Central City Library named after M.L. Kropyvnytskyi, Mykolayiv city, damaged modern building

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Attack on 04/25/2022

Branch library named after Lesya Ukrainka and City Technological Lyceum, damaged old building of the former school № 41, built in 1936 (not registered)

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Attack on 04/22/2022

Central City Public Library named after V.G. Korolenko, damaged old building of the former Mariupol State Bank (not registered) (UNESCO: Central City Library V.G.Korolenko in Mariupol – (Donetsk region))

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Attack on 04/04/2022

Rubizhne public library, branch library No. 1, residential building built in 1929 (security N 255-Vr), state of the library’s book collection is currently unknown


Attack on 04/02/2022

Rubizhne Public Library and children’s library-branch No. 3, modern building, condition of the book collection of both library is currently unknown


Attack on 04/01/2022

Rubizhne Public Library, branch library No. 2, damaged old residential building, built in the mid-1950s (not registered), state of the university library collection currently unknown


Attack on 03/31/2022

Central City Library, damaged the facades and windows of the modern building (UNESCO: Central City Library in Irpin – (Kyiv region))

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Archive-Library of the Vyacheslav Chornovil Foundation, modern building almost completely destroyed

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Village branch library of Chorenka village, damaged buildung of the early XXth century


Village library of Dmytrivka village, modern building, state of the library collection is unknown


Village library of Kodra village, destroyed wall of the modern building, state of the library collection is unknown


Village library of Nalyvaykivka village, damaged modern building, state of the library collection is unknown


Village library of Moshchun village, damaged modern building, state of the library collection is unknown


Attack on 03/30/2022

Chernihiv Regional Universal Scientific Library named after V.G. Korolenko, damaged: building of the former noble and peasant bank of 1910-13 (protected № 59-Cr) (UNESCO: Chernihiv Regional Universal Scientific Library. V.G. Korolenko (built in 1910-13)

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Library in the Cultural House of Lukashi village, damaged modern building


Library in the Club Building of Rudnytske village, incl. museum premises, modern building is damaged and the cultural institutions are looted


Village Library of Bogdanivka village, damaged doors and windows of the modern building


Ivanovo Village Library in the old building of the Ivanovo House of Culture, built in 1956 (not registered), damaged building, state of the library collection is unknown (UNESCO: House of Culture – Ivanivka (Chernihiv region))

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Pidgayne Village Library (branch No. 27), modern building, book collections were destroyed by a fire [Rural library in the village of Pidhaine, Kyiv region, library building and collection completely destroyed] (UNESCO: Village Library – Pidhaine (Kyiv region))

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Attack on 03/29/2022

Branch library No. 7 of the communal institution “Rubizhne Public Library”, damaged modern building of the village culture house, book collection of the library was partially damaged


Attack on 03/27/2022

Village library of the Peremoga (Peremoha) village, damaged modern building an interiors


Attack on 03/25/2022

Village library of Lukyanivka (Lukianivka) village, modern building, damaged doors


Attack on 03/22/2022

Makariv Public Library, Children’s Department, damaged old building of the early XXth century (UNESCO: Makarivska Public Library (building of the early twentieth century) – (Kyiv region) (Updated: 26.04.2022))

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Makariv Public Library, modern building is damaged


Attack on 03/21/2022

Library in the Cultural Center of the Federation of Greek Societies of Ukraine also also a collection of paintings by Ukrainian artists of Greek origin are damaged, modern building


Attack on 03/19/2022

Professional Library of the Trostyanets Forest Research Station (modern building), modern building of the Trostyanets Forest Research Station, which housed the Forest Museum and the Professional Library


Attack on 2022/03/15

Library in the Kyiv Small Opera House, former Lukyanov People’s House of 1900-02 (security № 95-Kv), building damaged


Attack on 03/13/2022

Central Library named after V.V. Mayakovsky, damaged building (CHYTOMO, Shulikiv Village Library, Luhansk Region )


Severodonetsk City Public Library (modern building), damage unknown

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Shulikivska Village Library (modern building), damage unknown


Starobilsk Children’s and Youth Library (modern building), damage unknown (CHYTOMO, Starobilsk Children’s and Youth Library, Luhansk Region)

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Attack on 03/11/2022

Regional children’s library, destroyed building of the former Museum of Ukrainian Antiquities V.V. Tarnowskiy, end of the XIX century (security № 12-Chg) (UNESCO: Building of regional children’s library (former Vasyl Tarnovsky Museum of Ukrainian Antiquities) – (Chernihiv region))

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Attack on 03/07/2022

Library in the Byshiv House of Culture, modern building


Attack on 03/04/2022

Zhytomyr Regional Universal Scientific Library named after Oleg Olzhych, damaged building

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Attack on 03/02/2022

Kharkiv State Scientific Library by V.G. Korolenko, 1899-1901 (security №№ 91, 7154-Ha) (UNESCO: Kharkiv State Scientific Library (Korolenko State Scientific Library) – (Kharkiv)) ( (CHYTOMO: VG Korolenko Kharkiv State Scientific Library)

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Central Scientific Library of Kharkiv National University named after V.N. Karazin, damaged building, built in the late XIXth – early XXth century (security №№ 200002-H, 428). (CHYTOMO: Central Scientific Library of VN Karazin Kharkiv National University)

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Local History Museum of Borodyanka region and Borodyanka Central Library, damaged modern building

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Attack on 03/01/2022

Severodonetsk City Public Library, (Central city library) (modern building), book fund of the library was partially destroyed (UNESCO: Severodonetsk Central City Library – Severodonetsk (Luhansk region) (Updated 27.07.2022))


Attack on 02/28/2022

Chernihiv Central City Library named after M. Kotsyubynsky, damaged building (UNESCO: Central City Library M. Kotsiubynsky – (Chernihiv)) (CHYTOMO: MM Kotsiubynsky Chernihiv Central City Library)

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Chernihiv City Library for Children named after O.P. Dovzhenko, as well as partially destroyed the exposition of the museum of the Olexander Dovzhenko located in it. (CHYTOMO: OP Dovzhenko Chernihiv City Library for Children)

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Attack on 02/25/2022

Village library of Soldatske village – a branch of the Trostyanets Public Library, damaged modern building

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References to other libraries – so far without dating

…, clear assignment to the libraries listed above or listed in the official sources at the top of the list.


Chernihiv Regional Library for Youth, Chernihiv

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Sievierodonetsk City Public Library, Luhansk


Library in Obukhovychi of Ivankiv community (Ivankivska TG)

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Library stock of Ternivka Branch Library No. 16 for adults, city of Nikolaev, almost 20,000 publications burned, interim storage

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Scientific and pedagogical library in Nikolaev, explosion destroyed doors, windows and some walls

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Museum of local history in Mariupol with its library, loss of 17.000 books

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University Library of Sumy University, Shelling on 03/12/2022, The university library suffered the most.

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Central Library in Vuhledar in the Donetsk region, burned down

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Stanislavsky Public Library, village of Oleksandrivka, Kherson region, lost of 16.000 books

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Donetsk Regional Library for Children in Mariupol, burned down

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Library in the Lysychansk Gymnasium (now the Lysychansk Lyceum №17), building of the late 19th century, probably the loss of all library holdings

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Library of the Izium Lyceum №1, burned down, loss of 20.000 copies

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Chernihiv city centralized library system, Chernihiv City Library, damaged library


Branch Library № 35 for children of the Shevchenkivsky District Central Library of Kharkiv,

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Two-Story Public Library in Polohy, building ist damaged (no further informations)

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Village Library of Maliyivka, Russian soldiers burned library books

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“У селі Маліївка російські військові розтоплюють піч книгами з місцевої бібліотеки, а в Пісках-Радьківських організували зйомки відеофільму про псевдорозмінування сільської бібліотеки.”

Translation: “In the village of Maliyivka, the Russian military is heating the stove with books from the local library, and in Pisky-Radkivsky they have organized the shooting of a video film about the pseudo-demining of the village library.”

Attack on 05/12/2022

Childrens Library of Nikolaev, Pivdenna Street, Ingul district , damaged facade

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Library of Velyka Kostroma, Zelenodolsk community, damaged (no further informations)


Library in the Diamant Palace of Culture, Lysychansk, Luhansk region, burned (06/16/2022)

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School library, Kharkiv’s Novobavarskyi District (06/08/2022)

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School library of Novobykivsky General Secondary Education School, Novyi Bykiv, Chernihiv region east of Kyiv, damaged library with destroyed textbooks

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Library in Barvinkovo, Kharkiv region , ​​burned down almost to the ground

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City library in Izyum, Kharkiv region, 2 libraries for adults and children, destroyed

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Library, Local Lore Museum in the village of  Ivankiv, Kyiv region (library building and collection)

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