Ruslan Tarpan

Ruslan Serafymovych Tarpan (Ukrainian: Руслан Серафимович Тарпан; born 14 August 1971) is a Ukrainian businessman, living in the United Arab Emirates. The founder of the "Incor-Group" company, Tarpan served as a member of the Odesa City Council from 1994 to 2010, and was heavily involved in the rebuilding of monuments in Odesa.

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Serafymovych and the family name is Tarpan.

Ruslan Tarpan
Руслан Тарпан
Member of the Odesa City Council
In office
1994–2010
Personal details
Born (1971-08-14) 14 August 1971
Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

Early life and foundation of Incor Group

Ruslan Serafymovych Tarpan was born on 14 August 1971 in Odesa, then in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, and earned a PhD in economics.[1] From 1994 to 2010, Tarpan served as a member of the Odesa City Council.[2][3]

Tarpan founded the Incor Group development company in 1997, specializing in commercial and residential construction, engineering and restoration of historical buildings.[4]

Odesan cultural heritage

Tarpan achieved significant attention in Ukraine due to his support for restoration of cultural heritage in Odesa. Among his most significant and controversial projects was the restoration of the Monument to the founders of Odessa and the reconstruction of the nearby Yekaterinskaya Square. During the monument's restoration, protests against it were held by Ukrainian nationalists, Cossack groups and Orthodox priests.[3][5] The monument continued to remain controversial, with protesters unsuccessfully petitioning for its destruction following the 2014 Revolution of Dignity and the start of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[6][7] In November 2022 the Odesa City Council decided that the monument to the founders of Odesa would be dismantled and temporarily moved to the Odesa Fine Arts Museum.[8]

References
  1. "Odessa National University of Economics – Official site – ONEU". oneu.edu.ua. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  2. "Тарпан Руслан Серафимович" [Tarpan, Ruslan Serafymovych]. Reporter.com.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  3. "Крест, поставленный на месте памятника Екатерине II, выбросили на мусорник" [Cross erected on site of Catherine II statue thrown into trash]. delo.ua (in Russian). 31 July 2007. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  4. The Incor-group company`s website
  5. "В Одессе установили памятник Екатерине II". BBC. 28 October 2007. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  6. "Руслан Тарпан // Что мы знаем о сбежавшем одесском бизнесмене" [Ruslan Tarpan: What do we know about the escaped Odesan businessman?]. 8news (in Russian). 16 February 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  7. "Президент розглянув петицію про заміну пам'ятника Катерині ІІ в Одесі на актора Біллі Геррінґтона" [President addresses petition to replace Odesa statue of Catherine II with actor Billy Herrington]. Bykvu (in Ukrainian). 1 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  8. "Odesa deputies back decision to dismantle monument to Catherine II". Ukrinform. 30 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
    "Odesa City Council finally agreed to demolish the monument to Catherine (Одеська міськрада нарешті погодилася знести пам'ятник Катерині)". Ukrainska Pravda (in Ukrainian). 30 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
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