The small village of Svitanok is located between Nizhyn and Pryluky.
It was founded in 1929 as the state farm named after Shchors. It has had its current name since the 1960s.
During the Second World War, here, at the Yahnivka railway station, an echelon with Czechoslovak soldiers, which was moving to the front, was hit by a German air strike. In memory of the 54 fallen soldiers, a museum of Soviet-Czechoslovak friendship was opened in 1973 next to their mass grave, which now functions as a museum of Ukrainian-Czech-Slovak friendship.
Маленьке селище Світанок розташоване між Ніжином і Прилуками.
Засноване в 1929 році як радгосп імені Щорса. Нинішню назву носить з 1960-х років.
Під час Другої світової війни тут, на залізничній станції Яхнівка, потрапив під німецький авіаудар ешелон з чехословацькими воїнами, який рухався на фронт. На згадку про 54 загиблих воїнів поруч з їх братською могилою в 1973 році було відкрито музей радянсько-чехословацької дружби, який функціонує зараз як музей українсько-чесько-словацької дружби.
Ukrainian-Czech-Slovak Friendship Museum
Museum / gallery
The Museum of Ukrainian-Czech-Slovak Friendship in Svitanok was opened in 1973, in Soviet times it was called the Museum of Soviet-Czechoslovak Friendship.
This place was chosen for the museum in connection with the events of 1943, when an echelon with Czechoslovak soldiers moving to the Soviet-German front was hit by a German airstrike near the Yakhnivka station. As a result, 54 soldiers died - stele and marble slabs with the names of the dead were installed on their mass grave.
The exposition of the museum is placed in 4 halls. The first hall tells about the history of the region from the times of Kyivan Rus. In the center of the exposition about the Second World War is a diorama that shows the events at the Yakhnivka station. There are documents about the participation of the Czechoslovak hero Ludvik Svoboda, who took part in the territory of Chernihiv region, first in the Soviet-Ukrainian war against the Bolshevik Red Army, then in battles against the Germans during the Second World War. The "Friendship" hall tells about friendly relations with the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Every year on Victory Day over Nazism in the Second World War and on October 14, military attachés of the Czech Republic come here to honor the memory of the fallen.
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