On December 10, 2024, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky held a solemn meeting with the laureates of the Borys Paton National Prize of Ukraine. During the event, the head of state presented honorary badges and diplomas to the authors of the scientific work “Ukraine Soborna in the Struggle for State Independence 1917–1923.”
The President highly appreciated the contribution of scientists to preserving historical memory, emphasizing the importance of their work for the consolidation of Ukrainian statehood and the popularization of scientific achievements at the international level. He thanked the scientists for their work, which was a significant contribution to understanding a difficult period in Ukrainian history and affirming the idea of unity.
Among the awardees:
TSEPENDA Ihor Yevhenovych – Doctor of Political Sciences, Acting Rector of the Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University.
VELYKOCHYI Volodymyr Stepanovych – Doctor of Historical Sciences, Dean of the Faculty of Tourism of the Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University.
KUHUTYAK Mykola Vasylovych – Doctor of Historical Sciences, Head of the Department of Ethnology and Archaeology of the Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, Director of the Institute of History, Ethnology and Archaeology of the Carpathians.
VITENKO Mykola Dmytrovych – Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of History of Central and Eastern Europe and Special Branches of Historical Science of the Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University.
SOLYAR Igor Yaroslavovych – Doctor of Historical Sciences, Director of the I. Krypiakevych Institute of Ukrainian Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
LYTVYN Mykola Romanovych – Doctor of Historical Sciences, Head of the Department of the I. Krypiakevych Institute of Ukrainian Studies Krypiakevych of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
DOBRZHANSKY Oleksandr Volodymyrovych – Doctor of Historical Sciences, Acting Head of the Department of Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University.
PAVLYSHYN Oleh Yosyfovych – Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv.
The laureates expressed their gratitude for the recognition of their many years of work and expressed their willingness to continue working on research that will contribute to national unity and the preservation of the historical heritage of Ukraine.
As a reminder, the National Prize of Ukraine named after Boris Paton is the highest state scientific achievement that recognizes 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 in 1917–1923. 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. Particular 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 large-scale 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.