Mykola Berdyaev (Nicolas Berdiaev)

Well-known philosopher

Memorial Stela

bronze

155 x 125 cm

2013

Mykola Berdyaev (Nicolas Berdiaev, Nikolai Berdyaev)

In 1894-98 M. Berdyaev was a student of Kyiv’s University. And Memorial Stela is installed on the wall of one of main buildings of that University in the center of Kyiv. Freedom is the major theme of Berdyaev’s philosophy. He has often been called the philosopher of freedom. I was inspired by his The philosophy of Freedom and The Meaning of the Creative Act.

Memorial Stela is installed on the wall of the Kyiv’s University. Inauguration date: 19th of April 2013 Officials of Kiev city authorities, rector of Kiev’s University named after T. Shevchenko, director of the Institute of Philology, writers, philosophers, students and many other people took place in the opening ceremony.