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Kyiv University or Shevchenko University or officially the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv ( uk, Київський національний університет імені Тараса Шевченка), colloquially known as KNU, 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 River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. Ky ...
, the capital of
Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inva ...
. The university is universally recognized as the most prestigious university of Ukraine, being the largest national higher education institution. KNU is ranked within top 650 universities in the world. It is the third oldest university in Ukraine after the University of Lviv and University of Kharkiv. Currently, its structure consists of fifteen faculties (academic departments) and five institutes. It was founded in 1834 by the Russian Tsar Nikolai I as the Saint Vladimir Imperial University of Kiev, and since then it has changed its name several times. During the
Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...
era, Kiev State University was one of the top-three universities in the
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, along with
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and
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. It is ranked as the best university in Ukraine in many rankings (see below). Throughout history, the university has produced many famous alumni including
Mykola Lysenko Mykola Vitaliyovych Lysenko ( uk, Мико́ла Віта́лійович Ли́сенко; 22 March 1842 – 6 November 1912) was a List of Ukrainian composers, Ukrainian composer, pianist, conductor and ethnomusicologist of the late Romantic mus ...
,
Nikolay Bunge Nikolai Karl Paul von Bunge (, tr. ; ), more commonly known as Nikolai Bunge, was the German-Russian preeminent architect of Russian capitalism under Alexander III. He was a distinguished economist, statesman, and academician of the St. Peter ...
,
Mykhailo Drahomanov Mykhailo Petrovych Drahomanov ( ukr, Михайло Петрович Драгоманов; 18 September 1841 – 2 July 1895) was a Ukrainian intellectual and public figure. As an academic, Drahomanov was an economist, historian, philosopher, and ...
,
Mykhailo Hrushevskyi Mykhailo Serhiiovych Hrushevsky ( uk, Михайло Сергійович Грушевський, Chełm, – Kislovodsk, 24 November 1934) was a Ukrainian academician, politician, historian and statesman who was one of the most important figure ...
,
Nikolai Berdyaev Nikolai Alexandrovich Berdyaev (; russian: Никола́й Алекса́ндрович Бердя́ев;  – 24 March 1948) was a Russian philosopher, theologian, and Christian existentialist who emphasized the existential spiritual sig ...
,
Mikhail Bulgakov Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov ( rus, links=no, Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪtɕ bʊlˈɡakəf; – 10 March 1940) was a Soviet writer, medical doctor, and playwright active in the fir ...
,
Ivan Schmalhausen Ivan Ivanovich Schmalhausen (russian: Ива́н Ива́нович Шмальга́узен; April 23, 1884 – October 7, 1963) was a Ukrainian, Russian and later Soviet zoologist and evolutionary biologist of German descent. He developed the th ...
,
Theodosius Dobzhansky Theodosius Grigorievich Dobzhansky (russian: Феодо́сий Григо́рьевич Добржа́нский; uk, Теодо́сій Григо́рович Добржа́нський; January 25, 1900 – December 18, 1975) was a prominent ...
,
Viacheslav Chornovil Viacheslav Maksymovych Chornovil ( uk, В'ячесла́в Макси́мович Чорнові́л; 24 December 1937 – 25 March 1999) was a Ukrainian politician and Soviet dissident. As a prominent Ukrainian dissident in the Soviet Union, ...
,
Leonid Kravchuk Leonid Makarovych Kravchuk ( uk, Леонід Макарович Кравчук; 10 January 1934 – 10 May 2022) was a Ukrainian politician and the first president of Ukraine, serving from 5 December 1991 until 19 July 1994. In 1992, he signed ...
, and many others.
Taras Shevchenko Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko ( uk, Тарас Григорович Шевченко , pronounced without the middle name; – ), also known as Kobzar Taras, or simply Kobzar (a kobzar is a bard in Ukrainian culture), was a Ukrainian poet, wr ...
himself, banned from educational activities for political reasons, worked for university as a field researcher.


The university today

Taras Shevchenko University is renamed after
Taras Shevchenko Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko ( uk, Тарас Григорович Шевченко , pronounced without the middle name; – ), also known as Kobzar Taras, or simply Kobzar (a kobzar is a bard in Ukrainian culture), was a Ukrainian poet, wr ...
, a major figure in Ukrainian literature and art. It is an institution of higher education that trains specialists in many fields of knowledge and carries out research. It is considered the most prestigious university in Ukraine and a major centre of advanced learning and progressive thinking. It consists of more faculties and departments, and trains specialists in a greater number of academic fields, than any other Ukrainian educational institution. Nowadays, as it has done throughout its history, the university retains its role of a major center of learning and research as well as an important cultural center. Its academics and students follow the long-standing traditions of the highest academic standards and democratic ideals. At present, the student body of Taras Shevchenko University totals about <30,000 students; this number includes almost 2,000 students at the Institute of International Relations which is attached to Taras Shevchenko University. As training highly qualified specialists has always been the main goal, the faculties and departments constantly revise their curricula and introduce new programs. A number of faculties offer 4-year Bachelor's and 2-year master's degree programs, together with traditional 5-year Specialist Degree programs. Currently, the stress is on student's ability to work independently and meet employer's requirements, thus practical experience in the field being of foremost importance. The curricula of all Taras Shevchenko University faculties are based on the combination of academic instruction with student's research work and the combination of thorough theoretical knowledge with specific skills. Having acquired theoretical knowledge in the first and the second year, in their third year undergraduates choose an area to specialize in. At the same time they choose a field for their independent study, joining elective special seminars; the results of research are usually presented at the meetings of students' scientific societies or at scientific conferences, the most interesting results are published.


History


Saint Vladimir Imperial University of Kiev

The university was founded in 1834, when the Emperor
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(r. 1825–1855) signed the Charter about the creation of the university named after Saint Vladimir, the ruler who Christianized the Kievan Rus'. This name was chosen by the authorities of the
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, where the role of
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was immense, and may have reflected the ongoing importance of Kyiv as the cradle of Eastern Christianity for the entire Empire. The university benefited from assets transferred from
Vilnius University Vilnius University ( lt, Vilniaus universitetas) is a public research university, oldest in the Baltic states and in Northern Europe outside the United Kingdom (or 6th overall following foundations of Oxford, Cambridge, St. Andrews, Glasgow and ...
, which was closed in the aftermath of the
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of 1831. The first 62 students started their studies at the university in 1834, in its one faculty, the Faculty of Philosophy, which had two departments: the Department of History and Philology and the Department of Physics and Mathematics. There were new additions to the original department in 1835 and 1847: the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Medicine. Later on, the original Faculty of Philosophy was divided into two separate units: the Faculty of History and Philology and the Faculty of Natural Sciences. There were no more additions to the number of departments until the 1920s. The walls of the main building are painted in red while the tops and bottoms of its columns are painted black. Ukrainian composer
Mykola Leontovych Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych (23 January 1921; ua, Микола Дмитрович Леонтович, link=no (); also Leontovich) was a Ukrainian composer, conductor, ethnomusicologist and teacher. His music was inspired by the Ukrainian c ...
's Shchedryk was premiered at the Kyiv University on December 26, 1916, by the university's choir directed by Oleksandr Koshyts.Monthly Newsletter of the Tylchyn Centralized Library System


Mykhailo Drahomanov University (1920–1932)

In 1920, Saint Vladimir University was renamed as
Mykhailo Drahomanov Mykhailo Petrovych Drahomanov ( ukr, Михайло Петрович Драгоманов; 18 September 1841 – 2 July 1895) was a Ukrainian intellectual and public figure. As an academic, Drahomanov was an economist, historian, philosopher, and ...
University.


Taras Shevchenko University (from 1939)

In 1939, Saint Vladimir University was renamed after Ukrainian national bard Taras Shevchenko, who had also been briefly employed by the university between 1845 and 1846. During the
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, the university was evacuated to the city of Kizilord in
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, where it merged with the
National University of Kharkiv The Kharkiv University or Karazin University ( uk, Каразінський університет), or officially V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University ( uk, Харківський національний університет імені ...
to form the United Ukrainian State University. After the liberation of Kyiv in 1943, the university returned to Kyiv. Students and lecturers rebuilt the Humanities and Chemistry buildings and by 15 January 1944, classes resumed for senior undergraduates and for first-years on 1 February. Since 1960, when the first international students were admitted, over 20,000 highly qualified specialists have been trained at Taras Shevchenko University for 120 countries. The first foreign students of the Taras Shevchenko University came from Cuba, Guinea, Indonesia, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Benin, Zanzibar, Yemen, Algeria, and Afghanistan. They continued on to become doctors, engineers, agriculturists, diplomats, economists, and statesmen in their respective countries. During the Soviet period, the Taras Shevchenko University received one
Order of Lenin The Order of Lenin (russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina, ), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration ...
(1959) and one
Order of the October Revolution The Order of the October Revolution (russian: Орден Октябрьской Революции, ''Orden Oktyabr'skoy Revolyutsii'') was instituted on October 31, 1967, in time for the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution. It was conferr ...
(1984). Additionally, in 2002 the asteroid
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was named in honour of Kyiv Taras Shevchenko University.


Rankings and partnerships


University rankings

Between 2014 and 2017 the university was ranked within top 650 universities in the world according to
QS World University Rankings ''QS World University Rankings'' is an annual publication of university rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). The QS system comprises three parts: the global overall ranking, the subject rankings (which name the world's top universities for th ...
. In 2009, ''Delovoy'' magazine ranked Taras Shevchenko University as the best university in Ukraine, being nationally the strongest in the greatest number of academic fields. According to the independent ranking of 228 universities in Ukraine performed by ''Compas'', Taras Shevchenko University was ranked the first best position in Ukraine regarding the adequacy of alumni to the labor market of Ukraine. According to
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(2009), Taras Shevchenko University has the highest research paper output of any Ukrainian university, and is also the top research producer (as assessed by total paper citation count). The university features in the
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(2010) at 1,110 out of 8,000 in the world, at 63 out of top 100 universities of the Central and
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, and a leading academic institution in
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.


Foreign partner universities

The university has over 400 partner universities, currently maintains relations and, in some cases, student exchange programs with universities of forty countries; a figure which includes a number of former republics of the
Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...
and other countries which Ukraine traditionally, over the past 70 years prior to independence in 1991, did not have official bilateral relations with. A small selection of partner universities is displayed below. And others like Carinthia University of Applied Sciences,
Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences Vytautas Magnus University Education Academy ( lt, Vytauto Didžiojo universiteto Švietimo akademija or VDU ŠA) – an academical unit of Vytautas Magnus University, which specialized in preparing school teachers and other educators. Located i ...
,
Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences ( lv, Vidzemes Augstskola) is the higher education establishment in Valmiera, Latvia. It was founded in 1996 and now it has around 800 students. History Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences was founded in ...
,
ADA University ADA University (ADA) () is a university established under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan in March 2006 by Hafiz Pashayev. By the decree of President, ADA was transformed into university in 2014. When founded as the Azerbaijan Di ...
etc...


Organisation and administration


Schools / Faculties

These are the 14 faculties and 6 institutes into which the university is divided:


Other institutes

* Astronomical Observatory of the Taras Shevchenko University *
Ukrainian Humanitarian Lyceum Ukrainian Humanities Lyceum (UHL) is a high school educational institution in the Pechersk district of the city Kyiv. It was founded in 1991. Ukrainian Humanitarian Lyceum is a subdivision of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Admissi ...
* Center of Ukrainian Studies * Information & Computer Centre of the Taras Shevchenko University * Kaniv Natural Reserved Park of the Taras Shevchenko University * KNU Open University – Online study programs * Maksymovych Scientific Library * Regional Cisco Networking Academy * Science Park Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv * Scientific and Research Department of the Taras Shevchenko University * Ukrainian Physico-Mathematical Lyceum * University Botanic Garden named after Academic O. Fomin


Campus

After its initial establishment the university was located in private rooms in Pechersk, and was named for St. Vladimir. Now the main building (built 1837–42 by architect V I Beretti) can be found at 60
Volodymyrska Street Volodymyrska Street ( uk, вулиця Володимирська) is a street in the center of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, which is named after the prince of Kievan Rus' Vladimir the Great and which is one of the oldest streets in the city, and ...
, whilst a number of humanities departments are located at 14 Shevchenko Boulevard 14 (formerly the First Kyiv Gymnasium). Furthermore, there are departments located on Akademika Hlushkova Avenue (building 6, built 1954–70) and Vasylkivska Street (Library is located in building No. 90, built in 1939). The university's administration is housed in buildings 58–64 on Volodymyrska Street.


Red University Building

It was constructed from 1837 to 1843 and was built in the late Russian
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style, by a Russian architect of Italian descent, Vincent I. Beretti. The building forms an enormous square enclosing a
courtyard A courtyard or court is a circumscribed area, often surrounded by a building or complex, that is open to the sky. Courtyards are common elements in both Western and Eastern building patterns and have been used by both ancient and contemporary ...
; the length of the main façade is 145.68m. The walls of the building are painted blood red and the capitals and bases of the portico's columns are painted black, corresponding to the colours of the ribbon of the Order of St. Vladimir (founded in 1782), as Kyiv University used to bear the name of this Order. The motto of the Order, "Benefit, honor and glory" ''(Pol'za Chest' i Slava)'' also, subsequently, became the motto of Kyiv University. Local tour guides sometime state that Tsar Nicholas I ordered the entire main building painted red in response to student conscription protests during World War I to remind students of blood spilled by Ukrainian soldiers. The legend does not reflect the historical fact, as the building was painted red before World War I, in 1842. Nicholas I of Russia (1825–1855) died long before
World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...
(1914–1918). Built at the top of a hill, this building has significantly influenced Kyiv's architectural layout in the 19th century.


Botanical Gardens

The university's A.V. Fomin Botanical Garden (named after Academician Aleksandr V. Fomin, 1869–1935) was founded in 1839 and planned by architect V. Beretti and botanist R. E. Trautfetterom. The total area covered by the garden is around 5.22 hectares; it has a collection of over 10 000 species, forms and varieties of plants. The garden's
greenhouse A greenhouse (also called a glasshouse, or, if with sufficient heating, a hothouse) is a structure with walls and roof made chiefly of transparent material, such as glass, in which plants requiring regulated climatic conditions are grown.These ...
's height, after reconstruction in 1977, is about 33 meters and is the largest in the world. The university's first
orangerie An orangery or orangerie was a room or a dedicated building on the grounds of fashionable residences of Northern Europe from the 17th to the 19th centuries where orange and other fruit trees were protected during the winter, as a very lar ...
was built in 1846-49 for its collection of tropical and subtropical plants; a collection which has now over two thousand items and is one of the largest in Europe. The gardens are located at the city centre campus, to the rear of the red building; the nearest metro station is Universytet.


Yellow Building and Maksymovych Library

The Humanities Building or 'Yellow' building of the university is located at 14 Shevchenko boulevard, built in 1850-52 it was designed in the classical style by the architect Alexander Vikentiyovych Beretti (1816–95), son of V. Beretti, the architect of by the main (red) building. The building initially belonged to the First Gymnasium (a grammar school, in which taught M. Berlin and M. Kostomarov, and students of which include: artists Nikolai Ge and V.Levandovskyy, M. Zakrevskii historian, economist M. Bunge, poet M.Herbel, sculptor P. Isabella, writers Bulgakov and K. Paustovsky and future academics E. Tarle and A. Bogomolets, A. Lunacharsky). In 1919 the academic Vernadsky, first president of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, took up residence in part of the building. Since 1959, the building has been part of the Kyiv National University. The Maksymovych Library (58 Volodymyrska Street), built in 1939–40, is a neo-classical building designed by architects VA Osmaka and P. Alyoshin as the university's Humanities building. Currently the library holds around 3.5 million books, making it currently the largest research library in Ukraine. Along with the No.1 branch of the National Library of Ukraine (62 Volodymyrska Street), which was designed by the same architects in the 1929–30, and the main (red) building of the university, the Maksymovych library forms an important and impressive architectural ensemble which is today considered to be one of Kyiv's key collective architectural monuments.


Architecture

In the 1960s it became imperative that the Kyiv National University acquire more space for its greatly expanded number of departments. It was with this in mind that the building of a complex of new buildings for the university started on the southwestern outskirts of Kyiv (opposite the National Exhibition Centre of Ukraine). The authors of the final project were architects V. I. Ladnyi, M. P. Budylovskyi, V. I. Kolomiets and engineer V. Y. Drizo. The Institute of International Relations and Institute of Journalism's joint building at 36 Melnikova Street, developed by Kyivproect architects O Nosenko, I Shpara, Yu Duhovichny, O Klishchuk and Y Vig, was awarded the State Prize of Ukraine in the Field of Architecture in 1995.Відзнаки та нагороди
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Astronomical Observatory

The astronomical observatory of Kyiv National University is located at 3 Observatorna Street; founded in 1845, it was initially planned to place an observatory in the Main Building of the university (as evidenced by existing architectural designs for the red building), however, it was later decided to build for a separate building to house the observatory. This task was again entrusted Vincenty Beretta, it was built in 1841–1845 and officially opened on February 7, 1845.


Accreditation Of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

* World Health Organization * Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine * Medical Council of India


Notable alumni

*
Borys Oliynyk (poet) Borys Illich Oliynyk ( uk, Борис Ілліч Олійник; russian: Борис Ильич Олейник, Boris Ilich Oleynik; 22 October 1935 – 30 April 2017) was a Ukrainian poet, translator, and political activist. He served in the Verk ...
(Ukrainian poet, translator and political activist) * Iryna Bekeshkina (sociologist and policy scholar) * Yurii Chekan (musicologist, member of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine) *
Theodosius Dobzhansky Theodosius Grigorievich Dobzhansky (russian: Феодо́сий Григо́рьевич Добржа́нский; uk, Теодо́сій Григо́рович Добржа́нський; January 25, 1900 – December 18, 1975) was a prominent ...
(a prominent Ukrainian-American
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and
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) *
Nataliya Gumenyuk Nataliya Petrivna Gumenyuk ( uk, Наталія Петрівна Гуменюк; alternate Romanization: Natalia Humeniuk; born 1983) is a Ukrainian journalist who specializes in foreign affairs and conflict reporting, and an author of three books ...
(journalist, teacher) * Halyna Hai (Ukrainian poet and writer) *
Oleksandr Tkachenko (journalist) Oleksandr Vladyslavovych Tkachenko ( uk, Олекса́ндр Владисла́вович Ткаче́нко; born 22 January 1966) is a Ukrainian journalist, CEO and politician who has served as Ukraine's Minister of Culture and Information ...
journalist, politician,
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's Minister of Culture and Information Policy *
Wladimir Klitschko Wladimir Klitschko; an equivalent English spelling is Vladimir Klichko . His full name in uk, label=Ukrainian is, Володимир Володимирович Кличко, Volodymyr Volodymyrovych Klychko, . ( uk, Володимир Вол� ...
(Ukrainian former
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world champion) * Vitaly Klitschko (Ukrainian former
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world champion) * Sonya Koshkina (born 1985), journalist, editor-in-chief * Makarov Yuriy Volodymyrovych (born 1955), journalist, documentarian * Dmytro Kuleba (born 1981), Ukrainian Foreign Minister *
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(born 1967), Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of
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to the United Nations Office and the
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* Oksana Zabuzhko (born 1960), (Ukrainian poet and novelist) * Oleksandra Matviichuk (born 1983), human rights activist and lawyer * Anastasiia Tsybuliak (born 1984), eco-activist, scientist *
Mikhail Morgulis Mikhail Z. Morgulis (russian: Михаил Моргулис) (October 1, 1941 – November 16, 2021) is a Russian-language writer, editor and theologian. He was among the first Americans to broadcast sermons in Russian to millions of people livin ...
(
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writer, editor and theologian) * Igor Newerly ( Polish-language novelist and educator) * Lyudmila Pavlychenko (served in the
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during
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, one of top snipers of all time) * Maryna Viazovska (Ukrainian Mathematician who solved the sphere-packing problem in dimension 8) *
Iosif Vitebskiy Iosif Davidovich Vitebskiy (russian: Иосиф Давидович Витебский; born January 9, 1938 in Kiev) is a former Soviet Ukrainian Olympic medalist and world champion épée fencer, and current US fencing coach. Early life Vitebs ...
(born 1938; épée fencer, Soviet Ukrainian Olympic medalist and world champion and fencing coach) *
Leonid Vysheslavsky Leonid Vysheslavsky ( uk, Леонід Миколайович Вишеславський; 18 March 1914 – 26 December 2002) was a Ukrainian Soviet poet, literary critic and translator. He wrote in the Russian and Ukrainian languages and pub ...
(1914–2002), poet, literary critic, translator * Bolesław Woytowicz (Polish pianist and composer) *
Tetiana Yakovenko Tetiana Vasylivna Yakovenko ( uk, Тетяна Василівна Яковенко; born, May 16, 1954) is a Ukrainian poet, literary critic, and teacher. Since 1988, she has been a member of the National Writers' Union of Ukraine. Her awards inc ...
(born 1954), poet, literary critic, teacher *
Svitlana Kyrychenko Svitlana Tykhonivna Kyrychenko ( uk, Світла́на Ти́хонівна Кириче́нко, 31 October 1935 - 22 April 2016) was a member of the Ukrainian human rights movement. Wife of Yuri Badzjo. Early life and education Svitlana Kyr ...
(1935–2016), human rights activist * Myroslav Popovych (1930-2018), Ukrainian philosopher *
Solomiia Pavlychko Solomiia Dmytrivna Pavlychko ( uk, Соломія Дмитрівна Павличко) (December 15, 1958, Lviv – December 31, 1999, Kyiv) was a Ukrainian literary critic, philosopher, feminist, and translator. She is considered as one of the pi ...
(1958-1999), Ukrainian literary critic, philosopher, feminist, translator * Igor Volodymyrovych Komarov, director of the Institute of High Technologies of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv


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4868 Knushevia 4868 Knushevia, provisional designation is a bright Hungaria asteroid and suspected binary system from the innermost regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 2 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 27 October 1989, by American astronome ...
– asteroid named after Taras Shevchenko University * Direct action (trade union) *
List of modern universities in Europe (1801–1945) The list of modern universities in Europe (1801–1940) contains all universities that were founded in Europe after the French Revolution and before the end of World War II. Universities are regarded as comprising all institutions of higher ed ...
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National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy ( NaUKMA) ( uk, Національний університет «Києво-Могилянська академія» (НаУКМА)) is a national, research university located in Kyiv, Ukraine. ...
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Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics , motto_lang = la , mottoeng = , established = , type = Public , affiliation = Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine , staff = , rector = Mazaraki Anatoliy Antonovych , students = 40,000 , address ...
* Dnipro Choir


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