Potebnia Institute of Linguistics is a

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in Ukraine, which is part of the

National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU; uk, Національна академія наук України, ''Natsional’na akademiya nauk Ukrayiny'', abbr: NAN Ukraine) is a self-governing state-funded organization in Ukraine th ...

department of literature, language, and art studies. It is focused on linguistic research and studies of linguistic issues. The institute is located in

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. Ky ...

History

The institute was established in 1930 after merging several smaller separate linguistic research institutions that existed in 1920s, particularly the Institute of Ukrainian Scientific Language. The institute is named after Ukrainianist

Alexander Potebnja Alexander (Oleksandr) Potebnja (russian: Алекса́ндр Афана́сьевич Потебня́; uk, Олекса́ндр Опана́сович Потебня́) was a Ukrainian linguist, philosopher and panslavist of Ukrainian Cossac ...

(properly Olexander Potebnia). Due to political persecutions in the Soviet Union in 1930s, the real work of the new institute did not start until after

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. In 1930s many members of the institute were tried at staged trials of the Union for the Freedom of Ukraine. In 1991 from the department of Ukrainian Studies, there was created separate Institute of Ukrainian Language.

Departments

* General linguistics * General Slavic languages issues and East Slavic languages * West and South Slavic languages * Russian language * Romance, Germanic and Baltic languages * Languages of Ukraine

Directors

Mykhailo Kalynovych Mykhailo or Mykhaylo ( uk, Михайло) is a Ukrainian given name, equivalent to English Michael. Notable people with the name include: * Mykhaylo Berkos (1861–1919), Russian and Ukraine artist of Greek origin * Mykhailo Bolotskykh (born 1960 ...

Leonid Bulakhovskyi Leonid (russian: Леонид ; uk, Леонід ; be, Леанід, Ljeaníd ) is a Slavic version of the given name Leonidas. The French version is Leonide. People with the name include: *Leonid Andreyev (1871–1919), Russian playwright a ...

Vitaliy Rusanivskyi Vitali, Vitalii, Vitaly, Vitaliy and may refer to: People Given name * Vitaly Borker (born 1975 or 1976), Ukrainian American Internet fraudster and cyberbully * Vitaly Churkin (1952–2017), Russian politician * Vitaly Ginzburg (1916–2009), Russ ...

* Vitaliy Sklyarenko *

Bohdan Azhniuk Bohdan may refer to: * Bohdan, a Slavic masculine name, a variant spelling of Bogdan (which includes a list of people named Bohdan as well as Bogdan) * Bohdan, Podlaskie Voivodeship Bohdan is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dob ...

Publications

* "Movoznavstvo"

Building

Besides the Potebnya Institute of Linguistics, the building also houses two other research institutes of the

: the Shevchenko Institute of Literature and the Institute of History of Ukraine.

Gallery

File:Pechersk 28 09 13 131.jpg, Shot from perspective of the Dynamo Stadium's entrance File:Line of protesters at Dynamivska str. Euromaidan Protests. Events of Jan 20, 2014.jpg,

Euromaidan Euromaidan (; uk, Євромайдан, translit=Yevromaidan, lit=Euro Square, ), or the Maidan Uprising, was a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest in Ukraine, which began on 21 November 2013 with large protests in Maidan Nezalezhno ...

events near the building of the Institute File:Dynamivska str barricades on fire. Euromaidan Protests. Events of Jan 19, 2014-5.jpg, In the background, a building adjacent to the Institute's building File:Euromaidan Kiev 2014-02-12 09-40.JPG, The building of the institute behind a barricade File:Euromaidan Kiev 2014-02-12-5.JPG, A barricade near the institute, February 2014

External links

Official website
Institutes of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Educational institutions established in 1930 NASU department of literature, language and art studies Research institutes in Kyiv 1930 establishments in the Soviet Union Research institutes in the Soviet Union {{Ukraine-stub