8MJJ+2P Hvardiiske, Khmelnytska Oblast, Ukraine
One of the points of the Struve Geodetic Arc is located in the village of Hvardiiske (in Ukrainian Гвардійське), formerly Fel’shtyn until 1946, in the Khmelnytskyi district of Khmelnytskyi oblast, Ukraine.
On June 17, 2006, a ceremonial opening of the Struve Geodetic Arc point "Feldshtin" took place in Khmelnytskyi oblast. This is a geodetic sign—a triangle—that was part of a chain of such triangles stretching 2,820 kilometers. The geodetic sign itself, discovered in 2003, is located at a depth of one meter and twenty centimeters. It is a rock fragment with a notch and markings of exact coordinates—longitude and latitude. Finally, this point was arranged and a commemorative sign was placed on top.
The Struve Arc, once known as the "Russian" and later the "Russo-Scandinavian Meridian Arc," is one of UNESCO’s World Heritage monuments. The arc consists of 265 triangulation points, along which measurements were conducted from 1816 to 1852, enabling the precise determination of the Earth’s size and shape.
The reference points of this triangulation network were marked in various ways on site: hollows carved into rocks, iron crosses, stone pyramids, or specially installed obelisks. Often they were marked with sandstone bricks laid at the bottom of a pit; sometimes it was a granite cube with a cavity filled with lead, placed in a pit with cobblestones.
During the eight-year project to include the Struve Arc in the UNESCO list, special search and geodetic works were carried out in each country to locate the original points. All information from the countries of the Struve Arc was collected, structured, and standardized.
Not all of the original points were found during the special search and geodetic works conducted in recent years with active cooperation from scientists of the interested countries. Moreover, many of them were heavily damaged. Therefore, only the best-preserved points—a total of 34—were included in the World Heritage site.
In Ukraine, 4 such points remain out of 50.
– "Katerynivka," near the village of Katerynivka (Khmelnytskyi oblast) 49°33′57″ N, 26°45′22″ E (G)
– "Fel’shtyn," near the village of Hvardiiske (Khmelnytskyi oblast) 49°19′48″ N, 26°40′55″ E
– "Baranivka," near the village of Baranivka (Khmelnytskyi oblast) 49°08′55″ N, 26°59′30″ E
– "Staro-Nekrasivka," near the village of Stara Nekrasivka (Odesa oblast), 45°19′54″ N, 28°55′41″ E
The work was completed in 2004. Each national package of final documents was signed by a government representative. At that time, a special International Committee was created, representing a supranational management mechanism for the Struve Arc.
The four points of the Struve Geodetic Arc located on Ukrainian territory are included in the State Register of Immovable Monuments of Ukraine and are protected in accordance with the Law of Ukraine "On the Protection of Cultural Heritage."
Sources:
http://www.struve.by/index.php/en/ukraina/punkty-dugi-v-ukraine/142-punkt-felshtin
