On Tuesday, September 3, on the day of the Sich Riflemen’s oath, the solemn 32nd session of the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Council was held, to which teachers of the Faculty of History, Political Science and International Relations were invited.
The meeting began with the performance of the national anthem and the rifle march “Oh, the red viburnum in the meadow”. The solemn report “On the 110th anniversary of the formation of the Legion of Ukrainian Sich Riflemen” was delivered by Ivan Monolaty, Doctor of Political Sciences, and Professor of the Department of Political Science of the Faculty of History, Political Science and International Relations of the Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University.
Afterwards, the Head of the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Council, Oleksandr Sych, together with the Head of the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional State Administration/Oblast Administration, Svitlana Onyshchuk, presented the anniversary medal of the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Council “Legion of the USS – 110” to scientists, artists, writers and active researchers of the history of Sich riflemanship for studying and popularizing the activities of the Sich Riflemen, for perpetuating their memory and history in works of art. In particular, this solemn award was awarded to the Director of the Institute of History, Ethnology and Archaeology of the Carpathians, Mykola Kugutyak, the leading specialist of the Institute, Petro Siredzhuk, as well as to the lecturers of the Faculty of History, Political Science and International Relations, Mykola Vitenko, Serhiy Derevyanko, Yuriy Dovhan, Stepan Kobuta, Andriy Korolko, and Ivan Monolatiy.
As a reminder, on December 22, 2023, the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Council declared 2024 the Year of the Sich Riflemen Legion in Precarpathia.