On November 27, 2024, by Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 780/2024, the National Prize named after Borys Paton was awarded to a team of authors for their outstanding work “Ukraine United in the Struggle for State Independence 1917–1923.”
The Academic Council of Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University submitted this work for award. Among the laureates are leading scientists of the University and their colleagues from other scientific institutions of Ukraine:
Ihor Tsependa – Doctor of Political Sciences, Acting Rector of Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University;
Volodymyr Velykochy – Doctor of Historical Sciences, Dean of the Faculty of the University;
Mykola Kuhutyak – Doctor of Historical Sciences, Head of the Department, Director of the Institute of History, Ethnology and Archaeology of the Carpathians;
Mykola Vitenko – Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor;
Ihor Solyar – Doctor of Historical Sciences, Director of the I. Krypiakevych Institute of Ukrainian Studies of the NAS of Ukraine;
Mykola Lytvyn – Doctor of Historical Sciences, Head of the Department of the I. Krypiakevych Institute of Ukrainian Studies of the NAS of Ukraine;
Oleksandr Dobrzhanskyi – Doctor of Historical Sciences, Acting Head of the Department of Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University;
Oleh Pavlyshyn is a candidate of historical sciences, associate professor at the Ivan Franko Lviv National University.
The National Prize of Ukraine named after Boris Paton is the highest state scientific achievement, recognizing outstanding contributions to science, technology and innovation. This award is a symbol of scientific prestige, confirming the importance of work for the development of Ukraine and its international recognition.
The authors studied the key period of the formation of Ukrainian statehood from 1917 to 1923. Their work highlights the struggle for the unification of Ukrainian lands, the process of the accession of Galicia, Bukovina and Transcarpathia to the Ukrainian People’s Republic, as well as the nationwide scale of the liberation struggle of Ukrainians.
Special attention is paid to the experience of forming government bodies, domestic and foreign policy of that period. Biographies of key Ukrainian figures are presented, and a commemoration of the heroes of the liberation struggle in various regions of Ukraine is organized.
The scientists carried out extensive work on organizing archival materials, mapping historical processes, and studying the influence of geopolitics on the fate of Ukraine.
The four-volume encyclopedia «Western Ukrainian People’s Republic 1917–1923», which presents more than 3.2 thousand articles summarizing the experience of Ukrainian statehood, occupies a special place in the work.
We sincerely thank the Committee for the National Prize of Ukraine named after Boris Paton for the high assessment of the work of our team.
The Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University sincerely congratulates the laureates on their high award!
This is a well-deserved recognition of their contribution to the development of Ukrainian historical science, the preservation of national memory and the establishment of Ukrainian statehood. We wish our scientists inspiration, new scientific achievements and recognition on the world stage!