In the very heart of Lysianka stands the local Taras Shevchenko Historical Museum. Within its walls are not only ancient objects, but also artefacts of the modern war. Research associate Yana Zharko came here in 2022. Yana shows the rooms: from the hall dedicated to Shevchenko to the hall dedicated to the war, “Ukraine Above All.” It was created in 2015, when the first boys from the Lysianka district went to the frontline. Now this hall is a living chronicle.

Among fragments of missiles, patches, and military tubes lie the stories of the war. Part of a cruise missile’s tail from the Kherson region was carried here by eight soldiers, simply so that people could see “what war is.”  Every shell casing, every patch has a name. One museum visitor recognized the inscription on an exhibit: “That’s the one my dad sent!” This is how a living collection is formed. Displaced people who have chosen the community’s land as their new home study the region’s history: “We live here now, we want to know what Lysianka breathes with.”