The Ukrainian Museum marks Ukraine’s independence anniversary with two exhibits

“The Ostrozky Family, 14th-17th Centuries” (block, 16.35 hrv, 130.90 mm, November 13, 2015; 40,000 copies). The Ostrozky family is an old-Ukrainian princely family of the 14th-17th centuries. The best known representatives of the family are father and son Kostiantyn and Vasyl Kostiantyn, who defended national distinctiveness and contributed substantial funds to the construction of churches and the promotion of Orthodoxy. Under the command of Hetman Kostiantyn Ostrozky, the allied forces of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland defeated the Muscovite army in the Battle of Orsha in 1514. Known as the “defender of Orthodoxy,” his son Vasyl Kostiantyn founded the Ostroh Academy and Printing House.