The Vabamu Museum of Occupation and Freedom in Tallinn is hosting an exhibition of Ukrainian artists of Estonian origin, Nikita Titov’s “Words that have gained meaning,” until March 31, organized by the Embassy of Ukraine and the Association of Ukrainian Organizations in Estonia.
Government officials and parliamentarians attended the opening ceremony, as did representatives of the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Education and Science, the Integration Fund, the diplomatic corps, the Ukrainian community in Estonia, and cultural figures and journalists from leading Estonian media.
In his welcoming speech, Ambassador of Ukraine Maksym Kononenko noted that Ukraine and Estonia have so much in common that there is no need to go back in time to find common ground. At the same time, he believes that even among this diversity of Ukrainian-Estonian relations, some people, facts, and projects are extraordinary. They occupy their separate place, making these relations meaningful.
“Nikita Titov, an artist and volunteer, is one of these people. Born in Jõhvi, Estonia, he consciously chose Ukraine as his home and accepted the Ukrainian identity. For more than 10 years now, the whole of Ukraine has been admiring his work and experiencing important events through his artistic perception: the Revolution of Dignity, the annexation of Crimea, the war in Donbas, the full-scale Russian invasion…” he said.
According to him, today, not a single person in Ukraine has not seen Titov’s posters — they have become shields of Ukrainian resistance.
The Embassy thanked everyone who came to the exhibition’s opening and invited everyone to visit it at the following address: Vabamu Museum of Occupation and Freedom, Toompea 8b, Tallinn.
