GARKUSHEV Evgenii Nikolaevich

As the director of the Gukovsky Museum of Miners' Labour named after L.I. Mikulin, he cooperates with the occupation authorities in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, promotes the legitimisation of russia's occupation of Ukrainian territories and the integration of Ukrainian museums located in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine into the russian cultural space through the implementation of federal cultural and educational projects.
The Gukovsky Museum regularly hosts propaganda events aimed at integrating residents of the temporarily occupied territories into russian culture. For example, on 9 April 2024, together with the Young Guard Museum, an exhibition dedicated to the Young Guard was opened in the temporarily occupied town of Sorokine, Luhansk region.
On 5 November 2024, the museum hosted an excursion for children from the temporarily occupied city of Sverdlovsk, Luhansk region, during which the children were introduced to the "russian historical heritage".