Volodymyr Shevchenko (1929-1987) - Ukrainian documentary filmmaker and cameraman, laureate of the Shevchenko National Prize and the State Prize of the USSR. Director and one of the main cameramen of the film “Chornobyl. Chronicle of hard weeks”. It was the first film about the accident at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant. On November 30, 2017, UNESCO recognized this film as World Cultural Heritage and entered it into the appropriate register. Volodymyr Shevchenko died after receiving a very high radiation dose while filming this film.
A memorial plaque to Volodymyr Shevchenko is installed on the facade of the house where the director lived in 1984-1987.
Address: 7 Nimanska street.
