Ukrainian Humanities Lyceum (UHL) is a high school educational institution in the Pechersk district of the city

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 was founded in 1991. Ukrainian Humanitarian Lyceum is a subdivision of

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv 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 ...

. Admission is done on a competitive basis and the main areas of training include philological, historical, economic and law.

History

1991 — year of foundation
1994 — reorganization of the Lyceum in subdivisions of Kyiv Taras Shevchenko University
2000 – Philosophical added to the three main fields of study
2007–2013 — first in Ukraine by results of

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Famous graduates

Among the graduates of the Lyceum of different years, many influential Ukrainian journalists, including Lidia Taran, Maxim Drabok, Natalie Fitsych, Alex Ananov, Tatiana Kur, Alex Berdnick, Godovanets Olga, Natalia Ivchenko ( Turchak ), Anna Berezetska, Bogdan Nasal, Natalia Nedilko, Maxim Butkevych, politicians and diplomats

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, Alexander Kravchenko, and

Lesya Orobets Lesya Yuriyivna Orobets ( uk, Ле́ся Ю́ріївна Оробе́ць, born May 3, 1982) is a Ukrainian politician and a Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Parliament of Ukraine) since 2007 (elected as member of Our Ukraine - People's ...

. Graduates include popular singer Kate Chile, director and actor Philip Illyenko, screenwriter Natalie Kononchuk, and the lawyer of

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Olga Dmytrenko .

Other

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was named after the Lyceum.

References

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