Petro Timofiyovich Tronko ( uk, Петро́ Тимофі́йович Тронько́; 12 July 1915 - 12 September 2011) was a Ukrainian academician of the
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
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and veteran of
World War II
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.
He was a head of editorial collegium for the 26 volume encyclopedia on "
The History of Cities and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR
''The History of Cities and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR'' ( uk, Історія міст і сіл Української РСР) is a Ukrainian encyclopedia, published in 26 volumes. It provides knowledge about the history of all populated places ...
.
Early life and career
Born during
World War I
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in 1915 to peasant family in
Sloboda Ukraine
Sloboda Ukraine (literally: Borderland of free frontier guards; uk, Слобідська Україна, Slobidska Ukraina), or Slobozhanshchyna ( uk, Слобожанщина, Slobozhanshchyna, ), is a historical region, now located in Northeas ...
, Tronko started to work in 1932 in mines of
Dzerzhynsk city in
Donbas
The Donbas or Donbass (, ; uk, Донба́с ; russian: Донба́сс ) is a historical, cultural, and economic region in eastern Ukraine. Parts of the Donbas are controlled by Russian separatist groups as a result of the Russo-Ukrai ...
. Eventually after finishing some teacher classes, he worked as teacher of social sciences and Ukrainian language in village school of
Bohodukhiv Raion and director of Lebedyn children home. Since 1937 he worked in
Komsomol
The All-Union Leninist Young Communist League (russian: link=no, Всесоюзный ленинский коммунистический союз молодёжи (ВЛКСМ), ), usually known as Komsomol (; russian: Комсомол, links=n ...
and in 1939 joined the
Communist Party of Soviet Union.
In 1939 Tronko was a member of Western Ukrainian People's Assembly that voted in for the
Western Ukraine
Western Ukraine or West Ukraine ( uk, Західна Україна, Zakhidna Ukraina or , ) is the territory of Ukraine linked to the former Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, which was part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Austria ...
to join the
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...
.
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 ...
he was a member of the South-western, Stalingrad, Southern, 4th Ukrainian fronts, participated in defense of Kyiv and Stalingrad and later in liberation of Rostov, Donbas, Left-bank Ukraine, and Kyiv. One of the first, Tronko entered the liberated Kyiv on 6 November 1943 as a major and appointed the first secretary of the city and regional
Komsomol
The All-Union Leninist Young Communist League (russian: link=no, Всесоюзный ленинский коммунистический союз молодёжи (ВЛКСМ), ), usually known as Komsomol (; russian: Комсомол, links=n ...
organization. In 1947 he was dismissed from the position due to accusations of
Lazar Kaganovich
Lazar Moiseyevich Kaganovich, also Kahanovich (russian: Ла́зарь Моисе́евич Кагано́вич, Lázar' Moiséyevich Kaganóvich; – 25 July 1991), was a Soviet politician and administrator, and one of the main associates of ...
in "nationalistic perversions".
Post-war
His dismissal from Komsomol work, Tronko used for education and in 1948 he graduated from the Historical faculty of Kyiv University. The same year Tronko enrolled into
aspirantura of the Academy of Social Sciences (today –
Russian Academy of State Service
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*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
) of the
Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, – TsK KPSS was the executive leadership of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, acting between sessions of Congress. According to party statutes, the committee direct ...
defending his dissertation in three years.
In 1951-60 Tronko worked for the Kyiv regional committee of the
Communist Party of Ukraine
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and in 1960-61 he headed the department of propaganda and ideological agitation for the party. During the next 17 years (1961–78) Tronko worked as a Deputy Chairman of the
Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR taking care of matters on culture, education, healthcare, press, book publishing, cinema, radio and television broadcasting, social sciences and archives. He was a member of
Verkhovna Rada
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...
for nine convocations.
In 1968 Tronko defended his doctorate dissertation "Ukrainian people in fight against Hitlerites occupiers during the Great Patriotic War (1941-45)".
In 1969 Tronko initiated the creation of
Pyrohiv
Pyrohiv ( uk, Пирогі́в), also known as Pirogov (russian: Пирого́в), originally a village south of Kyiv, is a neighborhood in the southern outskirts of the Ukrainian capital city. It is now home to an outdoor Museum of Folk Archi ...
scansen that was opened in 1976.
In independent Ukraine
He was a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. He was an advisor to the President
Leonid Kuchma
Leonid Danylovych Kuchma ( uk, Леоні́д Дани́лович Ку́чма; born 9 August 1938) is a Ukrainian politician who was the second president of Ukraine from 19 July 1994 to 23 January 2005. Kuchma's presidency saw numerous corrup ...
on the preservation of historical heritage.
Shortly before his death, he suffered a stroke.
[ ] He was buried in Kyiv on the central alley of Baikovo Cemetery.
A memorial plaque was installed in his honor, in his native village. In 2015, in Kyiv, the nameless passage between Zabolotny Street and the Pirogovo Museum was named after academician Tronko.
References
External links
* Makhun, S
Petro TRONKO: “Before the war Kyiv had 950,000 inhabitants and after liberation about 100,000” Newspaper Day. 12 November 2002.
* Vechersky, V.
Historical and urban-developing studies of Kyiv'. Kyiv: Feniks, 2012
95th anniversary of the famous Ukrainian historian scholar Petro Tronko Orthodoxy Cognate
at the Heroes of Ukraine website
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1915 births
2011 deaths
People from Kharkiv Oblast
People from Kharkov Governorate
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Historical faculty alumni
Kyiv Higher Party School alumni
Russian Academy of State Service alumni
Soviet military personnel of World War II
20th-century Ukrainian historians
Second convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Fifth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Sixth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Seventh convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Eighth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Ninth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Tenth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Eleventh convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Vice Prime Ministers of Ukraine on humanitarian policy
Communist Party of Ukraine (Soviet Union) politicians
Members of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Recipients of the title of Hero of Ukraine
Recipients of the USSR State Prize
Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples
Recipients of the Order of Lenin
Recipients of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 3rd class
Recipients of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 2nd class
Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class
Recipients of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 5th class
Recipients of the Honorary Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine