The Embassy of Belarus in Kyiv is the diplomatic mission of Belarus in Ukraine.

History

Diplomatic relations between Ukraine and Belarus established December 27, 1991. Embassy of Ukraine in Belarus was launched June 30, 1992. Belarus embassy in Kyiv was opened October 12, 1993.

History of the embassy building

The mansion, on the basis of which a new complex of buildings and structures of the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in Kyiv was formed, was designed by the famous Kyiv architect Vasyl Osmak and is located in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kyiv at

Mykhailo Kotsyubynskoho Street Mykhailo or Mykhaylo ( uk, Михайло) is a Ukrainian given name, equivalent to English Michael. Notable people with the name include: * Mykhaylo Berkos (1861–1919), Russian and Ukraine artist of Greek origin * Mykhailo Bolotskykh (born 1960) ...

, 3. It has had its modern name since 1939 in honor of the 75th anniversary of the birth of Ukrainian writer Mykhailo Kotsyubynsky, author of the novel ', and others. The mansion is an architectural monument. A two-storey building with a ground floor, which was previously used as a residential building, where at the end of the 19th and the first half of the 20th century lived Mykhailo Dieterichs – surgeon, doctor of medicine, professor of Kyiv University of st. Vladimir. The building has a r-shaped configuration with access to the courtyard in the right part of the main facade. The facades of the building are designed in the Empire style with an asymmetrical composition of the main facade, which highlights the risalit, topped by a triangular pediment with a

lunette A lunette (French ''lunette'', "little moon") is a half-moon shaped architectural space, variously filled with sculpture, painted, glazed, filled with recessed masonry, or void. A lunette may also be segmental, and the arch may be an arc take ...

. Between the risalit and the main volume is a terrace with columns of the Tuscan order. Along the entire main facade is a

cornice In architecture, a cornice (from the Italian ''cornice'' meaning "ledge") is generally any horizontal decorative moulding that crowns a building or furniture element—for example, the cornice over a door or window, around the top edge of a ...

of simple profile with mutulas. The sheets on the second floor are decorated with pilasters and scapulae. Panels above the windows are decorated with

stucco Stucco or render is a construction material made of aggregates, a binder, and water. Stucco is applied wet and hardens to a very dense solid. It is used as a decorative coating for walls and ceilings, exterior walls, and as a sculptural and a ...

. Rectangular windows. The mansion fits well in terms of storeys, silhouette and style in the surrounding buildings of the street. The building uses wooden load-bearing elements in the roof and floors. The interiors are designed in the same style as the house itself, with compositional techniques of

Art Nouveau Art Nouveau (; ) is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. The style is known by different names in different languages: in German, in Italian, in Catalan, and also known as the Modern ...

style. Preserved fireplace and tiled stove. In front of the building, along the entrance to it, there is an elongated square.

Previous ambassadors

# Arkady Smolich (1918) # Alexander Tsvikevych (1919) #

Vitaliy Kurashyk Vitali, Vitalii, Vitaly, Vitaliy and may refer to: People Given name * Vitaly Borker (born 1975 or 1976), Ukrainian American Internet fraudster and cyberbully * Vitaly Churkin (1952–2017), Russian politician * Vitaly Ginzburg (1916–2009), Russ ...

(1993–2001) # Valentin Velichko (2001–2016) # Ihor Sokol (2016-)

Events

* November 21, 2017, Ukraine in response to the announcement of proclaiming the first secretary of the embassy of Ukraine Igor Skvortsov ''persona non grata'', declared the Belarusian diplomat a persona non grata.Україна вислала білоруського дипломата у відповідь на оголошення радника посольства в Білорусі Скворцова персоною нон ґрата
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