On the last day of August a monument to fallen miners of Pribuzhzhya region was opened in the New Miner area of Chervonograd.

It is a great honour to be the miner, this profession provides economic strength for the state, but it is dangerous at the same time, since people have to deal with untamed underground elements. Unfortunately, a tragic loss of life can't be escaped.

- We cherish the sacred memory of all the miners whose lives were taken away by the underground, - said the mayor of Chervonograd Igor Chudiyovych.

The honour of unveiling the monument was given to Igor Chudiyovych, the deputy of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk and the technical director of "Lvivcoal" Oleg Akimov.

"Human life is the greatest treasure. Money and coal, promises or economy are meaningless. Man is the highest treasure of any society. And we must fight for it. This monument has been erected in memory of the dead. But we should think of those living and unborn. And we'll do it! " - said the leader of the Front of Changes.

Priests of all denominations sanctified the monument and held a memorial service for the perished miners. For the first time since the emergence of the coal industry in Lviv region the memory of miners, who had lost their lives for coal for the last half a century, was immortalized. It was carried out on the initiative of the administration of the state enterprise, workers of the mines and according to the decision of the city council and thanks to substantial financial support of Arseniy Yatsenyuk. Cast in bronze by "Pikart", the monument is located in the square by the chapel of Saint Barbara, the patroness of miners, in the very centre of Chervonograd.