Institute of History of Ukraine is a
research institute
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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 a wide spectrum of problems in
history of Ukraine
Prehistoric Ukraine, as a part of the Pontic steppe in Eastern Europe, played an important role in Eurasian cultural contacts, including the spread of the Chalcolithic, the Bronze Age, Indo-European migrations and the domestication of the horse ...
. 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 ...
.
History
The institute was established on the decision of the Central Committee of the
Communist Party of Ukraine
The Communist Party of Ukraine, Abbreviation: KPU, from Ukrainian and Russian "" is a banned political party in Ukraine. It was founded in 1993 as the successor to the Soviet-era Communist Party of Ukraine which was banned in 1991 (accord ...
on July 23, 1936, and the Presidium of
Academy of Sciences
An academy of sciences is a type of learned society or academy (as special scientific institution) dedicated to sciences that may or may not be state funded. Some state funded academies are tuned into national or royal (in case of the Unite ...
of the
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...
on July 27, 1936, based on several departments and commission of the academy and the All-Ukrainian Association of Marx-Lenin Institutes (VUAMLIN).
Original it was composed of three departments: history of Ukraine in feudalism epoch, history of Ukraine in epoch of capitalism and imperialism, and history of Ukraine in Soviet period.
After the Soviet annexation of eastern Poland during the
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
, in
Lviv
Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine ...
, Western Ukraine was established a branch of the institute, which was headed by
Ivan Krypiakevych
Ivan Krypiakevych ( uk, Іва́н Крип'яке́вич; 25 June 1886 – 21 April 1967) was a Ukrainian historian, academician, professor of Lviv University and director of the Institute of Social Sciences of Ukraine. He was a specialist on Ukr ...
. After the war in 1946, the branch was liquidated. In 1951 the Lviv branch was revived as part of the UkrSSR Academy of Science Institute of Social Studies (today known as the NASU Krypiakevych Institute of Ukrainian Studies).
During
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
, the institute was evacuated to
Ufa
Ufa ( ba, Өфө , Öfö; russian: Уфа́, r=Ufá, p=ʊˈfa) is the largest city and capital of Bashkortostan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Belaya and Ufa rivers, in the centre-north of Bashkortostan, on hills forming the ...
,
Bashkir ASSR
The Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic ( ba, Башҡорт Автономиялы Совет Социалистик Республикаhы; russian: Башкирская Автономная Советская Социалистиче ...
where it along with the UkrSSR AS Institute of Archaeology became a department of history and archaeology of the UkrSSR AS Institute of Social Studies. It returned to Kyiv on 25 March 1944. On 17 July 1944 the institute was reconstituted with four departments: history of
feudalism
Feudalism, also known as the feudal system, was the combination of the legal, economic, military, cultural and political customs that flourished in medieval Europe between the 9th and 15th centuries. Broadly defined, it was a way of structur ...
, history of
capitalism
Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their operation for Profit (economics), profit. Central characteristics of capitalism include capital accumulation, competitive markets, pric ...
, history of
Soviet period
The history of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union (USSR) reflects a period of change for both Russia and the world. Though the terms "Soviet Russia" and "Soviet Union" often are synonymous in everyday speech (either acknowledging the dominance ...
, history of
archaeography
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. In 1945 the Institute of History of Ukraine had a staff of 13 scientists, including 3 doctors of sciences and 7 candidates of sciences.
On 9 June 1944, the All-Union Committee in affairs of Higher School confirmed its pre-war decision for providing the faculty council of the institute the right to accept for review candidate dissertations and award based on thesis defense a science degree of candidate of historical sciences specializing in "History of Ukraine" and "History of the USSR". In 1950 the institute had eight departments history of feudalism, history of capitalism, history of Soviet society, military history, history of countries of
people's democracy, historiography and historical funds, worldwide history and international relations, archaeography.
In the spirit of the 1947 Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine guidelines, there was prepared a dual volume book "History of Ukrainian SSR" (1953–1957). In connection with the celebration of the 300th Anniversary of Ukraine's annexation to the Russian state there were prepared collection of documents "The Union of Ukraine with Russia" (russian: Воссоединение Украины с Россией, Moscow, 1953), written texts to the collective monograph "the 1648-1654 Liberation War and union of Ukraine with Russia" (Kiev, 1954). Since 1955 the institute had six departments history of Soviet society, history of capitalism, history of feudalism, history of countries of people's democracy, worldwide history and international relations, archaeography. In 1960 the department of history of Soviet society was split into two histories of the Great October Socialist Revolution and civil war, history of socialist and communist development.
1944 criticism
On 17 May 1944,
Fedir Yenevych, the director of the Ukrainian branch of the Marx-Engels-Lenin Institute of Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks), wrote a memorandum "about shortcomings in work of the UkrSSR AS Institute of History of Ukraine". At the institution were thrown existence of important flows or inadequate elucidation of certain problematic issues
* completely not highlighted political history before times of
Kyivan Rus
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;
* in disorder highlighted the issue of emergence and formation of the
Ukrainian nation
Ukrainians ( uk, Українці, Ukraintsi, ) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. They are the seventh-largest nation in Europe. The native language of the Ukrainians is Ukrainian. The majority of Ukrainians are Eastern Ortho ...
;
* some historians adhere to a false statement about "annexation of Galicia by Poland";
* historians use inaccurate terminology such as 1st, 2nd, and 3rd
partitions of Poland
The Partitions of Poland were three partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that took place toward the end of the 18th century and ended the existence of the state, resulting in the elimination of sovereign Poland and Lithuania for 12 ...
(this "old, worn-out, and completely inaccurate" terminology has to be changed with new, scientific; the use of outdated terminology play into the hands of leadership of the Polish emigration government like General
Władysław Sikorski
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Prior to the First World War, Sikorski established and participated in several underground organizations that promoted the cause for Polish ...
who stated that the Soviet Union continues the policy of
Catherine the Great
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and carried out the 4th partition of Poland;
* the Ukrainian Cossack State of 16-17th centuries (
Cossack Hetmanate
The Cossack Hetmanate ( uk, Гетьманщина, Hetmanshchyna; or ''Cossack state''), officially the Zaporizhian Host or Army of Zaporizhia ( uk, Військо Запорозьке, Viisko Zaporozke, links=no; la, Exercitus Zaporoviensis) ...
) is characterized one-sidedly, historians do not follow the instructions of
Friedrich Engels
Friedrich Engels ( ,["Engels"](_blank)
'' Ukrainian nationalism
Ukrainian nationalism refers to the promotion of the unity of Ukrainians as a people and it also refers to the promotion of the identity of Ukraine as a nation state. The nation building that arose as nationalism grew following the French Revol ...
to national face (characteristics) of Ukrainian people;
* inadequately motivated victory of Socialist revolution in Ukraine;
* inadequately highlighted historiography of Ukraine;
* others.
On 29 August 1947, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine (Bolsheviks) adopted a statement "About political mistakes and unsatisfactory work of the UkrSSR AS Institute of History". In the statement, the institute was accused in "serious mistakes and rough distortion", "remnants of
bourgeoisie nationalistic views" in works of selected staff workers, and next to that was placed a "combat mission", to prepare Marxist–Leninist "Short course of history of Ukraine".
''Ukrainian Historical Journal''
The ''Ukrainian Historical Journal'' ( uk, Український історичний журнал, translit=Ukrains’kyi istorychnyi zhurnal) is published semi-monthly by the institute. The journal was founded in 1957, and is indexed in the
America: History and Life,
Historical Abstracts
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,
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bibliographic databases.
It is currently edited by
Valeriy Smoliy
Valeriy Smoliy ( uk, Валерій Андрійович Смолій) is a Ukrainian academician, historian, director of the NASU Institute of History of Ukraine.
Smoliy was born on 1 January 1950 in a village Avratyn, Volochysk Raion, Kamianets ...
(1995–present), who succeeded
Yuriy Kondufor (1979–1988).
Building
Beside the Institute of History of Ukraine, the building also houses two other research institutes 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 ...
, the Shevchenko Institute of Literature and the
Potebnia Institute of Linguistics
Potebnia Institute of Linguistics is a research institute in Ukraine, which is part of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine department of literature, language, and art studies. It is focused on linguistic research and studies of linguistic ...
.
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.
Directors
* 1936 – 1936
Artashes Saradzhev
* 1936 – 1941
Serhiy Byelousov
* 1942 – 1947
Mykola Petrovskyi, member-correspondent
* 1947 – 1964
Oleksandr Kasymenko
* 1964 – 1967
Kuzma Dubyna
* 1968 – 1973
Andriy Skaba Andriy Danylovych Skaba ( uk, Андрій Данилович Скаба) was a Ukrainian academic, historian, and director of the NASU Institute of History of Ukraine from 1968 to 1973. He was a veteran of World War II (in reserves).
Brief overvi ...
, academician
* 1973 – 1978
Arnold Shevelev, member-correspondent
* 1978 – 1993
Yuriy Kondufor, academician
* 1993 – present
Valeriy Smoliy
Valeriy Smoliy ( uk, Валерій Андрійович Смолій) is a Ukrainian academician, historian, director of the NASU Institute of History of Ukraine.
Smoliy was born on 1 January 1950 in a village Avratyn, Volochysk Raion, Kamianets ...
, academician
See also
*
2014 Hrushevskoho Street riots
In response to anti-protest laws in Ukraine (announced on 16 January 2014 and enacted on 21 January 2014), a standoff between protesters and police began on 19 January 2014 that was precipitated by a series of riots in central Kyiv on Hrushe ...
References
External links
Official websiteInstitute of History of Ukraineat 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 ...
website
* Rublyov, O.
Institute of History of Ukraine Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine.
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Institutes of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Educational institutions established in 1936
NASU department of history, philosophy and law
Universities and colleges in Kyiv
Hrushevsky Street (Kyiv)
1936 establishments in the Soviet Union