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Last year, the book-album “Serhiy Tymoshenko. The Return” about a native of Sumy Oblast, architect, engineer, statesman (Minister of Roads of the Ukrainian People’s Republic), diplomat and scientist Serhii Prokopovich Tymoshenko (1881-1950) was published in the Kharkiv publishing house “Rarities of Ukraine”. It was published under the auspices of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation and was recognized by the Ukrainian PEN Center and the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine as one of the best in the field of “Art Publications” in 2022. One of the seven chapters of the book was written by our colleague Valery Vlasenko. He compiled a bio-bibliographic index of the artist’s works (364 items). On February 1, 2023, its presentation was held at Sumy State University, which was attended by teachers, scientists, librarians and students.

We wish colleagues new scientific achievements!

Last year, the book-album “Serhiy Tymoshenko. Return” about a native of Sumy Oblast, architect, engineer, statesman (Minister of Roads of the Ukrainian People’s Republic), diplomat and scientist Serhii Prokopovich Tymoshenko (1881-1950). It was published under the auspices of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation and was recognized by the Ukrainian PEN Center and the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine as one of the best in the field of “Art Publications” in 2022. One of the seven chapters of the book was written by our colleague Valery Vlasenko. He compiled a bio-bibliographic index of the artist’s works (364 items). On February 1, 2023, its presentation was held at Sumy State University, which was attended by teachers, scientists, librarians and students.
We wish colleagues new scientific achievements!

On January 13, 2023, the Head of the Department of History Serhii Dehtiarov took part in the live broadcast of Espreso TV in the regular program “NeIstfak”. The program was devoted to the topic “How the Cossack officers turned into nobility”. The discussion revolved around the transformation of social and official representatives of the former Cossack officers during the incorporation of Ukrainian territories into the Russian Empire. The significant influence of officials of Ukrainian origin on the effectiveness of the functioning of the imperial bureaucratic apparatus of the late 18th – early 19th centuries was noted.

On the fourth Saturday of November, we honor the memory of the victims of the Holodomor of 1932–1933 and the mass artificial famines of 1921–1923 and 1946–1947. The greatest was the famine of 1932–1933 – it is called the genocide of the Ukrainian people, carried out by the totalitarian regime of Stalin. According to various estimates, about 5-10 million Ukrainians died then.
To date, 22 states have officially recognized the Holodomor in Ukraine of 1932–1933 as genocide of the Ukrainian people.
In the context of this event, Anatoliy Goncharenko, associate professor of the Department of History of Sumy State University, spoke at the Vidicon TRC. The Sumy historian described the causes, course and consequences of the Holodomor of 1932–1933. A. Honcharenko also emphasized the important mission of historians to preserve the memory of this important page of Ukrainian history.

Candidate of historical sciences, associate professor of the department of history of Sumy State University, Anatoliy Goncharenko, spoke on the air of the “Cliomania” program of “Ukrainian Radio. Sumy”. They discussed the foreign policy of Germany in the 21st century. The evolution of Ukrainian-German relations in 1991–2022 was considered separately. Issues covered in detail:

• foreign policy of the Federal Republic of Germany in the 21st century;
• Ukrainian-German relations in 1991–2013;
• Germany’s position towards Ukraine in the context of Russian military aggression in 2014–2021;
• Germany and the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian war in 2022.

On 07/08/2022, as part of the implementation of the agreement on cooperation between Sumy State University and the Sumy Regional Museum of Local Lore, research staff of the Klochko Museum Zhanna Vyacheslavivna and Konotop Alina Anatolyivna held an online lecture for students-historians of Sumy State University of the IS-01 group, who are taking archaeological/ museum/archival practice.

Among other things, the following issues were covered: the goals, directions, and forms of activity of the museum institution, the regulatory and legal basis of this activity, fund collection, scientific and fund work, and cooperation of the museum with scientific and educational institutions of Ukraine.

On July 31, 2022, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of History of Sumy State University, Anatoly Goncharenko, took part in the VII All-Ukrainian Multidisciplinary Scientific and Practical Internet Conference “Modern Science: Theoretical and Applied Aspects”.

During the conference, the report “The Antilles in the colonial policy of France at the end of the 15th – 50s of the 16th century” was presented. A collection of theses of the reports will be published at the end of the conference.

On June 2, 2022, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of History of Sumy State University, Anatoly Goncharenko, took part in the work of the International scientific and practical conference “Relations between Ukraine and NATO at the present stage: achievements and challenges”, which was held by the National University of Bioresources and Nature Management of Ukraine. The co-organizers of this scientific forum were: Institute of History of Ukraine of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, National Pedagogical University named after M.P. Drahomanova, State Scientific Institution “Encyclopedic Publishing House”, Center for business innovation and transformation Akg Global Support Services (OPC) Pvt Ltd (India).

During the conference, the report “Great Britain, the “refugee crisis” of 2015-2017 and the migration policy of the European Union” was presented. At the end of the international conference, a collection of theses of the reports will be published.

The cooperation of the Department of History with the State Archives of Sumy Region has been going on for more than a year. On the basis of the archive, classes for students of history were repeatedly held, which were attended by employees of this institution. SASR is a base for archival practice by our applicants. And on February 9, 2022, an agreement on cooperation was finally concluded between Sumy State University and the State Archives of the Sumy region.
We are confident that the cooperation between our institutions will be long, fruitful and will help to significantly improve the training of future historians.

The head of the Department of History Serhii Dehtiarov together with his Ukrainian colleagues during the visit to the Pedagogical University of Krakow on January 18-22, 2022 got acquainted with the experience of this institution. Many thanks for fruitful cooperation to the leadership of the University and the Institute of Political Studies and Management, Institute of History and Archival Science. Special thanks to Dr. Mateusz Kamionka.