On 1 October 2025, within the framework of the interfaculty research seminar “History of Ukraine Is Fascinating!”, Associate Professor Anatolii Honcharenko, PhD in History and member of the Department of History at Sumy State University, delivered a presentation titled “The Expansionist Policy of the Russian Empire towards China in the Late 19th – Early 20th Century: The Colonial Project ‘Yellow Russia’.”
The event sparked great interest among the university’s academic staff and students, encouraging a lively discussion on historical imperial ambitions and their relevance to modern geopolitical contexts.