KYIV – This year, Ukraine is marking the 93rd birthday of the prominent economist Bohdan Hawrylyshyn. Three years ago, he passed away just a few days after a massive celebration of his 90th jubilee held in Kyiv’s Ukraina Palace. On that day, more than 3,000 people came to pay tribute to him in one of the biggest concert halls in Ukraine.
Last week, a much cozier gathering took place near the memorial stone of Bohdan Hawrylyshyn in Taras Shevchenko Park. A few dozen people brought chrysanthemums to plant around the stone in the city center of Ukraine’s capital and make this little reminder of prominent Ukrainian a little bit more colorful.