During the event, Yurii Liubarov, the head of the Culture and Cultural Heritage Protection Department of the City Council of Mykolaiv, presented pan Anatolii with the "Star of Culture" award—an honorary distinction given in Mykolaiv to cultural and art figures for their significant contribution to the city's development.

The musical part of the meeting featured songs performed by Anatolii Myronov on guitar, accompanied by Oleksandr Semenov on saxophone, set to the lyrics of Dmytro Kremin. A special gift for the library's 125th anniversary included valuable presents from pan Anatolii: a white vinyl album (collector's edition) and an almanac featuring translations of Dmytro Kremin's poetry into French and Italian. These publications symbolize the creative friendship and cultural dialogue between Ukraine and Europe.

The meeting was moderated by Inha Khorzhevska, Honored Journalist of Ukraine and Director of the Marko Kropyvnytskyi Central City Library.

We thank pan Anatolii for his sincerity, warmth, and love for his native city and the library.

*The event took place as part of the "PROzhyttia: Dialogues at the Library" series.

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