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Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online (SUCHO)

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Since March 2022 Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online (SUCHO) has preserved over 5,400 websites and more than 50 TB of data, creating secure backups outside Ukraine and facilitating future digital repatriation to Ukrainian institutions. The grassroots initiative stands out for its rapid mobilization, its scale, and innovative approach to safeguarding digital cultural heritage under threat. Its achievements include the preservation of vast amounts of digital material, empowerment and fostering of digitalization in Ukraine. SUCHO also highlighted the necessity of preemptive, distributed backups of digital heritage worldwide.

Source: Preservation Digital Technology & Culture

DOI: 10.1515/pdtc-2025-0049

Author: Gudrun Tatjana Wirtz

Institution: Bavarian State Library

Language: English

Topic: Digital and Traditional Archives Management

Subfield: Conservation

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4414514547

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