Oleksandr Alfyorov, Head of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory, said this to journalists during a ceremony to rebury Colonel Yevhen Konovalets at the National Military Memorial Cemetery, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

“We know, in principle, the initial list of names. In addition to Konovalets, there should be Petliura, Skoropadsky and Melnyk,” Alfyorov said.

At the same time, he stressed that the people to be buried in the Pantheon will be determined by a special working group comprising various experts representing both civil society and academic institutions.

“So, we cannot say who will be buried in the National Pantheon, and obviously it would be wrong to do so. Although it is indeed being determined that Konovalets, Petliura, Skoropadsky and Melnyk are people who will be reburied in the Pantheon. Not as a foregone conclusion. But these are people recognized by society, people of great historical depth. Because the Pantheon is about unity. The Pantheon is about different eras,” the Head of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory said.

He added that the Pantheon will include several dozen burials and reburials of people who lived in different periods.

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As reported, on August 18, a ceremony to rebury the remains of Colonel Yevhen Konovalets, a commander of the Army of the Ukrainian People's Republic and the first head of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, was held at the National Military Memorial Cemetery with President Volodymyr Zelensky in attendance.

On July 1, the Verkhovna Rada passed a law on the Ukrainian National Pantheon, providing for the creation of a special memorial complex to honor people who made outstanding contributions to the establishment and development of the Ukrainian state, the defense of its independence, and the development of culture, science, art, sports, the Ukrainian language and civil society. The Pantheon is planned to be located in Kyiv on the grounds of the National Preserve of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.

On May 25, a ceremony to rebury the remains of OUN leader Andriy Melnyk and his wife, Sofia, was held at the National Military Memorial Cemetery with President Volodymyr Zelensky in attendance.