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Donetsk National University
The Vasyl' Stus Donetsk National University ( DonNU, ; ) is one of the leading higher educational institutions of Ukraine. In 2014, due to the war in Donbas, a number of teachers and students left Donetsk and subsequently reestablished the university as Vasyl' Stus Donetsk National University in Vinnytsia. At the same time, some teachers and most students remained in Donetsk, therefore splitting the university in two. The university's history starts in 1937 from the moment of the creation of a pedagogical institute in Donetsk (then ''Stalino''). In 1965, the institute was transformed into ''Donetsk State University''. It was accorded the ''National'' status in 2000. History 1937 to 1945 On July 15, 1937, a decree from the Ukrainian SSR established the Stalin State Pedagogical Institute in the city of Stalino (Donetsk). Its first director was Oleksandr Yevdokymenko, who was arrested in 1938 and sentenced to ten years imprisonment during Joseph Stalin's Great Purge. Original ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public University
A public university, state university, or public college is a university or college that is State ownership, owned by the state or receives significant funding from a government. Whether a national university is considered public varies from one country (or region) to another, largely depending on the specific education landscape. In contrast a private university is usually owned and operated by a private corporation (not-for-profit or for profit). Both types are often regulated, but to varying degrees, by the government. Africa Algeria In Algeria, public universities are a key part of the education system, and education is considered a right for all citizens. Access to these universities requires passing the Baccalaureate (Bac) exam, with each institution setting its own grade requirements (out of 20) for different majors and programs. Notable public universities include the Algiers 1 University, University of Algiers, Oran 1 University, University of Oran, and Constantin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of Ukraine
The president of Ukraine (, ) is the head of state of Ukraine. The president represents the nation in international relations, administers the foreign political activity of the state, conducts negotiations and concludes international treaties. The president is direct election, directly elected by the Ukrainian nationality law, citizens of Ukraine for a five-year term of office (whether the Ukrainian presidential elections, presidential election is early or scheduled), limited to two terms consecutively. The president's official residence is the Mariinskyi Palace, located in the Pecherskyi District, Pechersk district of the capital Kyiv. Other official residences include the House with Chimaeras and the House of the Weeping Widow, which are used for official visits by foreign representatives. The Office of the President of Ukraine, unofficially known as "Bankova" in reference to the street it is located on, serves as the presidential office, advising the president in the domestic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmytro Bilokolos
Dmytro Zakharovych Bilokolos (; 5 February 1912 – 9 February 1993) was a Ukrainian politician and diplomat. Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR (1966–1970). He was also Soviet ambassador to Zambia and Botswana (1970–76). Professional career and experience Dmytro Bilokolos graduated from the Faculty of History of the National University of Kharkiv (1936). From 1936 to 1941, he worked history teacher, director of high school in Donetsk. From 1941 to 1945, he was a veteran of World War II. From 1947 to 1952, he was Head of the department of agitation and propaganda secretary of the Donetsk City Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine. Between 1952 and 1955, he studied of the Academy of Social Sciences in Moscow. In 1955, he headed of the Department of Science and Culture, Secretary of the Donetsk Regional Committee of the Communist Party. From 16 March 1966 to 11 June 1970, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR. During this period, he he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volodymyr Rafeienko
Volodymyr Volodymyrovych Rafeyenko (born November 25, 1969) is a Ukrainian prose writer, poet, translator, literary and film critic, a member of PEN Ukraine. From 1992 to 2018, was writing in Russian language, Russian, published his works mostly in Russia and was regarded as a representative of Russian literature. In 2014, having moved to the Kyiv Oblast, Kyiv region, learned Ukrainian language, Ukrainian, started writing his new novel in Ukrainian, and become a full-fledged representative of Ukrainian literature as well. In 2022, he moved to Ternopil escaping active fighting in Kyiv region. Rafeyenko is a representative of magic realism. Biography Education Rafeienko was born in Donetsk, Ukraine. He graduated from Donetsk National University, Donetsk University with a degree in Russian philology and cultural studies. Career Volodymyr Rafeyenko worked as an editor in such Donetsk publishing houses as "BAO" and "Kassiopeia", as a deputy editor in "Mnogotochiye" Magazine. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hryhoriy Nemyria
Hryhoriy Mykhailovych Nemyria (also spelled Nemyrya; ; born 5 April 1960) is a Ukrainian politician, historian, and sociologist, who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for European Integration from 2007 to 2010. It is believed that, as Batkivshchyna member, Nemyrya deals with international issues in Yulia Tymoshenko's team. He was called "Tymoshenko's personal minister of foreign affairs" and "unofficial ambassador of Yulia Tymoshenko and Batkivshchyna in the European Union and the United States". Family Nemyria is married to Lyudmila Nemyrya. He has a son Mykhailo, and a daughter. Early years and education Nemyria was born on April 5, 1960, in Donetsk. In 1977, he began his academic career. He has an MA in history from Donetsk State University with honors, and a Ph.D. from Kyiv Shevchenko University. From 1996 to 1998, he was Deputy Rector of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Library, National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy and chaired the European In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iya Kiva
Iya Kiva (another spelling - Ija Kiva) (; born May 4, 1984) is a Ukrainian poet, translator, journalist, and critic. She is the author of the books, ''Подальше от рая'' (Further from Heaven), ''Перша сторінка зими'' (The First Page of Winter), and ''Ми прокинемось іншими: розмови з сучасними білоруськими письменниками про минуле, теперішнє і майбутнє Білорусі'' (We Will Wake Up to Others: Conversations with Contemporary Belarusian Writers on the Past, Present and Future of Belarus). She is a member of PEN Ukraine. Kiva writes in Ukrainian and Russian. Early life and education Iya Yanivna Kiva was born on May 4, 1984, in the city of Donetsk. She graduated from the Faculty of Philology of Donetsk National University, majoring in Russian Language, Literature, and Culturology. She also studied graphic design. Due to the Russo-Ukrainian war, in the summer of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Movement Of Ukraine
The People's Movement of Ukraine () is a Ukraine, Ukrainian political party and one of the first Opposition (politics), opposition parties in Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Ukraine.The first officially registered opposition political party in Ukraine was the Ukrainian Republican Party. It is often simply referred to as the Movement (). The party under the name Rukh was an observer member of the European People's Party (EPP) until 2013. It is considered to have played a key role in Ukraine regaining its independence in 1991. Rukh gathers most of its voters and support from Western Ukraine. In November 2016, the party had 35,000 members. History Public movement Initially organized as the "People's Movement of Ukraine for Perestroika", Rukh was founded in September 6–8, 1989 as a civil-political movement as there were no other political parties allowed in the Soviet Union but the Communist Party. The founding of Rukh was made possible due to General Secretary of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holodomor
The Holodomor, also known as the Ukrainian Famine, was a mass famine in Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Ukraine from 1932 to 1933 that killed millions of Ukrainians. The Holodomor was part of the wider Soviet famine of 1930–1933 which affected the major Agriculture, grain-producing areas of the Soviet Union. While most scholars are in consensus that the main Causes of the Holodomor, cause of the famine was largely man-made, Holodomor genocide question, it remains in dispute whether the Holodomor was intentional, whether it was directed at Ukrainians, and whether it constitutes a genocide, the point of contention being the absence of attested documents explicitly ordering the starvation of any area in the Soviet Union. Some historians conclude that the famine was deliberately engineered by Joseph Stalin to eliminate a Ukrainian independence movement. Others suggest that the famine was primarily the consequence of rapid History of the Soviet Union (1927–53)#Indu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internationalism Or Russification?
''Internationalism or Russification?'' () is a book by Ukrainian writer and social activist Ivan Dziuba. It was written in late 1965 as a supplement to a letter sent to the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine, Petro Shelest, in defense of the numerous Ukrainian writers arrested during that year. It was published in Great Britain in 1968. Summary In the work ''Internationalism or Russification?'', written under the influence of those events, Dziuba analyzed from a Marxist position the national and cultural policy of the Soviet Union in Ukraine. The author sent his work to the first Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine, Petro Shelest, and to the head of the Ukrainian SSR government, Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, and its Russian translation – to the leadership of Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). In ''Internationalism or Russification?'' Dziuba argued that during Joseph Stalin's rule the CPSU had moved to the positions of Russia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Dziuba
Ivan Mykhailovych Dziuba (; 26 July 1931 – 22 February 2022) was a Ukrainian literary critic, social activist, and Soviet dissident. Honoured as a Hero of Ukraine in 2001, Dziuba was an academic of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the second Minister of Culture of Ukraine (1992—1994), and head of the committee for Shevchenko National Prize (1999–2001). Dziuba was the editor in chief of the magazine ''The Contemporary'' (Ukrainian: Сучасність) and during the 1990s was a member of the editorial boards of scientific magazines ''Kyiv Antiquity'' (Ukrainian: Київська старовина), ''Word and Time'' (Ukrainian: Слово і час), ''Euroatlantic'' (Ukrainian: Євроатлантика), and others. He was also the Co-Chief of editorial board of the ''Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine''. Biography Born into a peasant family, Dziuba spoke Russian language until 17 years of age. In 1932, his family, fleeing from the famine, moved from their home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group
The Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (KhPG) is one of the oldest and most active Ukrainian human rights organizations. As a legal entity, it was established in 1992, but it has been working as a human rights protection group in the Ukrainian SSR since 1988 under the Society "Memorial". It was the first official human rights organization in the former USSR. Many members of the organization took part in a human rights movement of the 1960s – 1980s. Statutory mission *gathering information about human rights abuse and sending this information to the relevant persons, organizations, and mass media *carrying out public investigations of human rights violations *legal enlightenment and popularization of law-protecting ideas *examination of the operating laws and draft bills as to their compliance with international legal rules *appealing to legislative, executive and judicial offices for problems concerning human rights *initiating and supporting public protests, actions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
