Book of Records of Ukraine is a project and trademark under which records and achievements in Ukraine are documented. It is owned by the company LLC ëUkrimageû. Record registration is conducted on both a paid and free basis.
The project is a partner of the international ëBook of Guinness World Recordsû. However, unlike the latter, the ëBook of Records of Ukraineû does not register ësillyû or dangerous records.
Despite its name, the records registered by the project are not published in book form.
The project was initiated in 2002 when Oleksiy Svystunov, the owner of the ëBook of Records of Russiaû, approached Ihor Pidchibiy with a request to help register a dishwashing record. In 2002, Ihor Pidchibiy and his colleagues registered the copyright for the work ëNational Presentation-Image Project âÂÂBook of Records of UkraineâÂÂû, and in 2004, they registered the trademark ëBook of Records of Ukraineû.
The first record registered by the ëBook of Records of Ukraineû was the creation of a 10-meter-long tuxedo by designer Mykhailo Voronin. As of 2012, the project had registered over 1,500 records, some of which were published on the project's website. By 2018, the number of registered records reached 20,000.
Initially, the project paid honorariums to record holders, but this practice was later discontinued.
The emergence of the ëNational Register of Records of Ukraineû in 2010 was perceived by the ëBook of Records of Ukraineû team as an illegal copying of their activities and a violation of their copyrights.