Department of Eastern European History

The Department of Eastern European History traces its origins back to 1807. Throughout its early history, the department employed many distinguished historians, among them D. I. Bahalii, P. P. Hulak-Artemovskyi, H. P. Uspenskyi, O. P. Zernin, P. N. Buzynskyi, V. I. Savva, V. I. Veretennikov, M. V. Dovnar-Zapolskyi, and V. S. Ikonnikov.
In the 1930s–1980s, the department was home to such scholars as S. M. Korolivskyi, A. H. Sliusarskyi, I. K. Rybalka, K. K. Shyian, V. I. Astakhov, O. O. Kucher, I. D. Boiko, F. F. Kovtun, D. A. Vvedenskyi, B. M. Barak and others.

The academic staff of the modern Department of Eastern European History continue the traditions of their predecessors. They teach both general and specialised courses (more than 20), and supervise term papers and graduation theses.

The department fulfils important educational and research functions. Its scientific work is enriched by Ukraine’s proximity to EU countries, overlapping historical themes, shared interests, and the natural drive for cooperation among nations whose histories are closely intertwined.

Over the past five years, the department has seen the successful defence of 16 Candidate of Sciences dissertations and one Doctoral dissertation.

The department also hosts a student research group.

Partners

— Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
— O. M. Lazarevskyi Education and Research Institute of History, Ethnology and Law of T. H. Shevchenko Chernihiv National Pedagogical University
— Kharkiv Secondary School No. 26
— Kharkiv Specialized School No. 75
— Kharkiv Specialized School No. 166 “Vertykal”
— M. F. Sumtsov Kharkiv Historical Museum
— State Archive of the Kharkiv Region
— Kharkiv Academy of Continuing Education
— A. S. Makarenko Sumy State Pedagogical University
— Kharkiv Historical and Philological Society
— National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”