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In Kiev, in the Baikovo cemetery, unveiled a monument The Ukrainian cosmonaut, hero of Ukraine Leonid Kadenyuk, was attended by President Volodymyr Zelensky at the inauguration.
About that reports OPU press service.
The astronaut died in January 2018. Zelensky personally initiated the installation of the monument and, to finance, a charitable foundation was opened, which everyone could join.
“Leonid Kadenyuk did a lot for Ukraine, and Ukraine should at least do something for him. I think we did everything on time, because on January 28 Leonid Kadenyuk would have turned 70 and people will have a place to come and honor his memory.” . – Zelensky said.
The monument was symbolically unveiled on December 5, on the 23rd anniversary of Leonid Kadenyuk’s return from space to Earth on the shuttle Columbia. Note that the design of the monument was chosen by the Kadenyuk family.
Previously, “Apostrophe” reported that Ukrainians were shocked the state of the grave of the famous and first Ukrainian cosmonaut Leonid Kadenyuk, who died in 2018.
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