Władysław Andrzej Serczyk (1935-2014) was a Polish historian-Ukrainist. Born in Krakow, he after graduating

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stayed in the university and began his scientific career. In 1963, he received his doctorate and in 1968 Serczyk received his

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. Since 1976 he was a professor. In 1974-1978, Serczyk was a director of

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. In 1986-1996, he headed a branch of

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in Bialystok, Institute of History of Eastern Europe (today

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Publications

*Gospodarstwo magnackie w województwie podolskim w drugiej poł. XVIII wieku (1965) *Koliszczyzna (1968) *Lenin w Krakowie i na Podhalu (1970) *Hajdamacy (1972, 1978) *Piotr Wielki (1973, 1977, 1990, 2003) *Katarzyna II carowa Rosji (1974, 1983, 1989, 1995, 2004) *Iwan IV Groźny (1977, 1986, 1993, 2004) *Wielka Socjalistyczna Rewolucja Październikowa. Zarys historyczny (1977) *Historia Ukrainy (1979, 1990, 2001, 2009) *Związek Radziecki w latach 1921-1925 (1980) *Połtawa 1709 (1982, 2004) *Kultura rosyjska XVIII wieku (1984) *Na dalekiej Ukrainie. Dzieje Kozaczyzny do 1648 roku (1984, 1986, 2008, 2016) *Kijów (1986) *Poczet władców Rosji. Romanowowie (1992) *Początek końca: konfederacja barska i I rozbiór Polski (1997) *Na płonącej Ukrainie. Dzieje Kozaczyzny 1648-1651 (1998, 1999, 2007, 2009, 2016)

External links

* Chornovol, I.
Vladyslav Serchyk
'. Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine. {{DEFAULTSORT:Serczyk, Władysław Andrzej 1935 births 2014 deaths Academic staff of Jagiellonian University Jagiellonian University alumni Academic staff of Chernivtsi University Academic staff of Ukrainian Free University Ukrainianists Members of the Polish Academy of Sciences Recipients of the Meritorious Activist of Culture badge