Larnaca unveils a bronze sculpture dedicated to Vasyl Hryhorovych-Barsky, an 18th-century traveller from Kyiv who spent time in Cyprus and documented the island in written notes. The sculpture is presented as the first of its kind in Larnaca and Cyprus, recognising Barsky’s work as a valuable primary source for understanding early modern Cyprus.
The monument is installed at the Obiimy Cyprus Cultural Centre on Grigoris Afxentiou street. It is donated by the Obiimy Cyprus Cultural Centre and Sushko Philanthropy, and the unveiling takes place in a ceremony marking the Ukrainian community’s contribution to Larnaca’s cultural landscape. Sources describe Barsky as a traveller who moved around Cyprus largely on foot and who recorded details about local people and landscapes. His surviving notes are portrayed as especially precise and historically significant.
Both reports characterise the event as a cultural gesture that connects Larnaca with Barsky’s legacy, while also highlighting the importance of historical documentation to contemporary understanding of the island’s past.
