A.Yu. Krymskyi Institute of Oriental Studies ( uk, Інститут сходознавства імені А. Ю. Кримського) is a

research institute A research institute, research centre, research center or research organization, is an establishment founded for doing research. Research institutes may specialize in basic research or may be oriented to applied research. Although the term often i ...

in Ukraine that is part of the

National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU; uk, Національна академія наук України, ''Natsional’na akademiya nauk Ukrayiny'', abbr: NAN Ukraine) is a self-governing state-funded organization in Ukraine th ...

department of history, philosophy and law and studies languages, histories, philosophies, religions, and cultures of peoples of Asia, Near, Middle and Far East, Northern Africa, and ethnicities of oriental origin that have existed or live on the territory of Ukraine. The institute is located in

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

. It is named after Ukrainian orientalist Ahatanhel Krymskyi.

Directors

* 1991 – 1996 Omeljan Pritsak, foreign member * 1999 – 2012 Lesia Matveyeva * 2012 – 2013 Danylo Radivilov * 2014 – 2021 Oleksandr Bogomolov * 2021 - present

Building

Beside the Institute of History of Ukraine, the building also houses two other research institutes of the

, the Shevchenko Institute of Literature and the Potebnya Institute of Linguistics. During the events of

Euromaidan Euromaidan (; uk, Євромайдан, translit=Yevromaidan, lit=Euro Square, ), or the Maidan Uprising, was a wave of Political demonstration, demonstrations and civil unrest in Ukraine, which began on 21 November 2013 with large protes ...

in winter of 2014, near the building were erected the Hrushevsky Street barricades.

External links

Official website
* Matveyeva, L., Shepel, L.
Krymskyi Institute of Oriental Studies (Інститут сходознавства ім. А. Ю. Кримського)
Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine. Institutes of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 1991 establishments in Ukraine NASU department of history, philosophy and law Research institutes in Kyiv Hrushevsky Street (Kyiv) {{Ukraine-stub

Directors

Building

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