Missing Duchnovich Bust

The bust of Alexander Duchnovich was stolen from the Rusin Garden and never replaced.

The inscription "I was, am, and always will be a Rusin" are words he wrote in jail in response to an offer of freedom made by his captors. He would be free, they told him, if only he would renounce his Rusyn identity. Duchnovich clearly declined the offer.

Image courtesy of The Center For Public History + Digital Humanities
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