A mural by the famous Ukrainian muralist Sashko Korban was presented at Zaporizhstal. The third mural in the series "Every One Of Us Is A Hero! Everyone Creates Modern History” is dedicated to the economic front heroes – metallurgists.
The new mural, located on the territory of the enterprise, depicts modern blast furnace workers at the blast furnace hearth. It was the blast furnace workers who started the great history of Zaporizhstal 90 years ago, producing the first Zaporizhzhia pig iron on 16 November 1933. The mural represents the collective image of the entire team of the enterprise, its unbreakable strength and steel endurance. It is also a token of appreciation to Zaporizhstal's patriots for their devotion to their profession: despite all the challenges, the enterprise works for the economy, produces almost half of all Ukrainian steel, supports the army, replenishes the budget, and implements reconstruction projects in Zaporizhzhia.
"Today, everyone who is fighting or working is defending Ukraine. Zaporizhstal's steelmakers are guarding the country's economy and contributing their contribution to the approach of victory. Under alarms and shelling, we convert our rage against the enemy and love for the country into support for defenders and civilians, at the front and in the rear. This mural is dedicated to the patriots of their home enterprise, who at all times – and especially in dark and difficult times – hold the line, because they know the value and significance of their work for the city and the country," said Roman SLOBODIANIUK, General Director of Zaporizhstal.
This is the third of the street art objects painted on the territory of the enterprise by Sashko Korban as part of the project "Each Of Us Is A Hero! Everyone Creates Modern History", which are dedicated to the heroes of Ukraine of different times.
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The artist of the project is the well-known Ukrainian muralist Sashko Korban, whose paintings adorn the cities of Ukraine, Italy, Georgia and Turkey.
"While working on the mural, I had the opportunity to communicate with the metallurgists of Zaporizhstal. These are courageous, indomitable, dedicated people, real heroes who, along with the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, doctors, energy workers, and volunteers, bring the country closer to Victory. For metallurgists, their work is a duty, for me it is an inspiration for murals," said Sashko KORBAN, muralist, author of murals.
Titled "Every One Of Us Is A Hero! Everyone Creates Modern History", the joint project of Zaporizhstal and Sashko Korban was started just before the 90th anniversary of the enterprise and includes a series of murals of prominent Ukrainians at the industrial facilities of the plant and other infrastructure of Zaporizhzhia. The project aims to preserve the national memory of Ukrainian heroes and to emphasise that just like the prominent historical figures centuries ago, each and every one of our contemporaries is creating an independent, sovereign and peaceful future for Ukraine.
As part of the project, a mural dedicated to Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky and a series of murals depicting eight iconic historical figures of Zaporizhzhia were created on the territory of Zaporizhstal. The mural depicts teacher Mykola Korf, mayor of Oleksandrivsk Felix Movchanovsky, the first historian of the city Yakiv Novitsky, public figure Pavel Chyzhevsky, Ukrainian theatre director and actor Volodymyr Magar, Zaporizhzhia athlete Yakiv Punkin, chief architect of Zaporizhzhie Sergiy Vasylevsky, as well as the founder of the national scientific school of history of Southern Ukraine Anatoliy Boiko.
