Śajvo

Besieged bookstore Glow, February 22, 2010

Śajvo (Glow) is one of the oldest bookstores in the center of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. It is located at the address: Str. Velyka Vasyľkivśka, 6. In late 2009 and early 2010 it stood at the center of media attention because of the scandal surrounding its privatization.

History

1944 st. Volodymyr, 44, in Kiev, liberated from German occupation, opened a small bookstore with the assistance Litfondu USSR. After some time, namely 1961, in connection with the extension bookstore was transferred to a new address: ul. Red Army (now - Vasyľkivśka), 6. Within the walls of the bookstore readings performed such leading figures of Ukrainian literature, as Ostap Vyshnya, Maksym Rylsky and Pavlo Tychyna.

With the advent of independence (1990–1991 years) has changed ownership bookstore. The owner of a workers' collective. Further invectoriv were involved to repair the bookstore with the transfer of their ownership shares of stock. Bookshop worked with over 300 publishing houses in Ukraine and was owned by LLC Book supermarket.^[1]

Present

Bookstore at the center of a scandal surrounding its controversial privatization in late 2009 to early 2010. Currently bookstore suffered destruction and does not work. Ownership after the auction^[2] was transferred to the bookstore LLC Abriľ studios, which passed the bookstore for rent Ukrainian book. The ensuing struggle between the two owners, who as judicial red tape, continues today. NGO Kiev undertake initiatives against the termination of its activities.

February 21, 2011 at 12:00 am at the walls of the bookstore will be action of civil disobedience "bookstore" Glow "- the last barricade of Ukrainian culture!".^[3]

References

External links

• Про "Сяйво" на сторінці Бюра журналістських розслідувань «Свідомо» (Ukrainian)
• Про "Сяйво" на сайті Громадянської ініціятиви «Збережи старий Київ» (Ukrainian)
• Ситуація довкола книгарні на radiosvoboda.org (Ukrainian)