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Chernobyl
Memorial Square
Engraved
on the base of the black monument are the two words:
Odessitam-Chernobylt'sam
(To Odessa residents who were Chernobyl disaster
rescue workers)
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On
the northern side of this monument, engraved
on the base are the words:
Monument
to Odessits -
liquidators of the consequences
of accident on Chernobyl atomic
power station - erected by Odessa
City Council in 1997
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In
the Southeast corner of this square in the grass
is a plaque that states:
Park
dedicated to Memory of
Odessites -victims of Chernobyl
ecological catastrophe
Founded in 2000 A.D.
by the residents of Odessa
with participation of the
Odessa City Council,
the Ukrainian Green Party and
the Odessa Regional organization
"Union Chernobyl"
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Behind
the black monument is a large fenced structure
topped with a Orthodox church dome. In the center
of this monument is a brown slab with the inscription:
...and
a great star fell from heaven,
burning like a torch... And the name of the
star is Wormwood
and many men died
Revelation, John the Evangelist
The
word "Chernobyl" in English it means
'Wormwood'
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On the back of the domed monument is an inscription:
Chapel of Saint Feodosy Chernigovsky
was constructed in memory of
Odessa victims of Chernobyl
by the deputy of Odessa
City Council O.N. SHEVCHUK
Architect - V.L.Glasyrin
Head of the construction company
S.V. Frolov Sanctified by
the Metropolitan Agafangel
on April 26, 2001.
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