Historical seminar has taken place in the Poltava Battle Museum

January 19, 2018 Historical seminar dedicated to the connections between Ukraine and Sweden in the first part of 20^th century has taken place in the Poltava Battle museum on January 19^th. A few scholarly papers were presented at the seminar. Among them:

1. Swedish painter Carl Peter Mazer and Ukraine.

2. Exhibits from the Museum of the Battle of Poltava that were delivered from   Sweden since it was opened in 1909.

3. Vladimir Korolenko, a short story writer, journalist, and human rights activist of Ukrainian origin, and his visit to Sweden in 1893.

4. Alfred Anton Jensen (Swedish historian, slavist, writer, poet, and translator) and Ukraine.

My report was dedicated to the Ukrainian version of the diary written in 1708-1709 by the priest of Småland Cavalry Johan Siöman. I also presented a brief report about my visit to Halden (Norway) and the fortress of Fredriksten. I was very pleased to pass a few special gifts on behalf of Mr. Magne Rannestad, head of the Fredriksten fortress friends’ society (Fredriksten festnings venner) to the Poltava Battle Museum. By this post I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the Swedish Society of the Military History (SMB) for the kindly provided possibility to visit Norway, and to my Norwegian friends Magne Rannestad and Stig Østling for their outstanding hospitality.

 Handing of a small copy of the monument on the place where Swedish king Charles XII was killed in 1718 and the emblem of the Svenskt Militärhistoriskt Bibliotek to Mrs. Natalia Bilan, director of the Poltava Battle Museum.

Handing of a piece of shrapnel that was discovered during the excavation on the place, where Swedish king Charles XII was killed in 1718, to Mrs. Natalia Bilan, director of the Poltava Battle Museum.

This nicely designed book dedicated to the fortress of Fredriksten is another gift of Mr. Magne Rannestad to the Poltava Battle Museum.