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At least 53 cultural sites in Ukraine, including museums and religious buildings, have been damaged during Russia’s invasion, according to UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee. As the Russians rain down bombs across Ukraine, many are concerned digital documents like websites, photos and data will be targeted.

Over 1,000 archivists are working to save Ukrainian digital cultural artifacts through the 

. Minnesotan Daniel Gullo, PhD., is one of them.

Gullo is the director of the Malta Study Center at the 

 at St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota. But he’s volunteering his time to do this work in Ukraine — saving 

 of the Bibliotheca Chersonessitana in Ukraine.

Host Cathy Wurzer spoke with Gullo about the project.

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Daniel Gullo, PhD., is one of over 1,000 archivists working to save Ukrainian digital cultural artifacts.

Over a thousand archivists are working to save Ukrainian digital cultural artifacts through the SUCHO project. Minnesotan Daniel Gullo is one of them. He joined host Cathy Wurzer to talk more about the project.

SUCHO Project works to save Ukrainian digital cultural artifacts

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a notarial volume with damage from world war two

Minnesota archivist saves Ukrainian documents from destruction

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