Block “Famous families of Ukraine. The Tereshchenko family" 2014

The Tereshchenkos are a prominent family from the Glukhiv region, which received noble status in 1870.

It was at the expense of the Tereshchenkos that hospitals, orphanages, gymnasiums, and schools were built and operated. They were connoisseurs, collectors of art, and patrons of the arts. It is thanks to Mykola and Fedor Artemovich, as well as their children Ivan, Oleksandr, Varvara, and Olga, that Kyiv now has collections of state museums: T. G. Shevchenko, Ukrainian fine art, Western and Eastern art.

The charitable activities of the family during the First World War were significant. Already in 1914, Mykhailo Tereshchenko opened and maintained a 300-bed infirmary with his own funds. Soon, other family members opened several more infirmaries and founded an asylum and a shoe workshop for the disabled lower ranks. Mykola Tereshchenko financially supported the First Commercial School, the Polytechnic Institute, the Kyiv-Podilskyi Women's Gymnasium, the City Museum of Antiquities and Art, and the Pirogov Hospital. It was thanks to the patron Tereshchenko that “OKHMATDYT” appeared in Kyiv.

Mercy and charity became the family motto. For a long time, the charitable activities of the Tereshchenko family were kept quiet. And only after the proclamation of Independence of Ukraine was their activity officially recognized.

Country - Ukraine
Release Date - 11/14/2014
The circulation - 38 000

Artist - Volodymyr Taran

Number in the Ukrposhta catalog - 129
Sheet size, mm - 123х80
Number of stamps in the block - 2