The Prosecutor’s Office insists on the return to the state of valuable historical and cultural lands worth UAH 250 million

The head of the Kharkiv District Prosecutor’s Office filed a lawsuit in the interests of the state to remove obstacles to the use and disposal of lands of historical and cultural significance. About this informs press office of the prosecutor’s office.
It was found that by the decision of the executive committee of the Kharkiv Regional Council of People’s Deputies, the object of cultural heritage – the archaeological monument “Mounds (6 units)” was taken under state protection, which was assigned security number 2266. A security zone was established around the mounds with a radius of 50 meters from their borders.
By order of the Minister of Culture and Information Policy dated September 3, 2020, the archeological monument was entered into the State Register of Immovable Monuments of Ukraine as an object of local importance under security number 5046-Kha.
However, in 2007, the Kharkiv District State Administration approved a land management project, according to which 28 citizens were issued state deeds for the ownership of land plots for personal peasant farming. These plots, which are located outside the settlement on the territory of the Pisochyn settlement council, were allocated from the land reserve for agricultural purposes.
Later, all these land plots were combined into one, with an area of almost 46 hectares, and transferred to a limited liability company.
However, according to the results of archaeological research conducted on the order of the Kharkiv District Prosecutor’s Office, it was established that part of this combined land plot overlaps with the object of cultural heritage – “Mounds (6 units)”, which has security number 5046-Ha.
In accordance with the legislation, it is prohibited to transfer lands of historical and cultural purpose, on which archaeological monuments are located, into private ownership.
Taking this into account, the prosecutor’s office submitted a claim to the Economic Court of the Kharkiv region with a demand to return these lands to the state. The case has already been accepted by the court.