Presentation of the book “Essays on the History of Luhansk Region”

24.3.2023

On March 24, the presentation of the book “Essays on the History of Luhansk Region” took place in the Lubny Hnat Stelecki Museum of Local Lore. 

The book presentation was attended by: the author of the book Vitalii KURYLO – Chairman of the Academic Council of Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University, Olena KARAMAN – Rector of Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University, Volodymyr MOROZ – Head of the Primary Trade Union Organization of the University, employees, teachers, students of LTSNU,  acting director of the Lubny Museum of Local Lore Nataliia TSYGANOK, museum employees, guests, creative intelligentsia of the Lubny community, representatives of mass media.

The presented book “Essays on the History of Luhansk Region” was written by the authors in different years using a wide range of sources and literature, which examines certain issues of the ancient and medieval history of the region, its position during the Cossack development of the 16th – 18th centuries, its place in the social and political processes of Trans-Dnieper Ukraine, the role of foreigners in the industrial development of the region, the events of the Ukrainian Revolution of 1917-1921 and the tragic stories of 1920-1940. Its authors are:

Vitalii KURYLO, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Chairman of the Academic Council of Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University, Chairman of the Luhansk Regional Organization of the National Union of Local History of Ukraine. He has been working on the history of Donbas for many years.

Olha ZABUDKOVA, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of History of Ukraine of Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University, Executive Secretary of the Luhansk Regional Organization of the National Union of Local History of Ukraine. Among his scientific interests is the history of Luhansk Region in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Oleksandr NABOKA, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, head of the Department of Ukrainian History of LTSNU, member of the Luhansk Regional Organization of the National Union of Local History of Ukraine. A long-term researcher and popularizer of the Ukrainian history of the Luhansk region.

The presentation was opened by the author Vitalii KURYLO, who briefly spoke about his scientific activity, the process of creating the book, about his scientific works on the history of Luhansk region and Donbas, emphasized interesting aspects of the topics and content of the authors’ joint work in the process of writing a scientific-historical publication. He thanked for the cooperation and assistance in the event to the director of the museum Nataliia Tsyganok and the researcher Tetiana Safronova.

The book “Essays on the History of Luhansk Region” is intended for a wide range of readers, all those who are interested in history, modernity and concerned about the future of Luhansk Region.

The presented work contains materials of various local history studies conducted by scientists of our university in recent years. Since this period was associated with the forced evacuation of the institution to the city of Starobilsk, located in the geographical center of the north of the Luhansk region, the emphasis is on highlighting the history of this region.

During the preparation of this edition, the fruitful cooperation with the Institute of Archeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, whose materials became a valuable source for the history of Luhansk region, presented in documentary archive materials, became extremely important.

The author Vitalii KURYLO noted that the writing of this book would not have been possible without relying on the achievements of local historians of the Luhansk region, who have been dealing with very different problems of regional history for many years. Therefore, the combination of the results of the research of many scientists with the analysis of new and already known archival and published sources gave an opportunity to create a more or less complete picture of the historical development of the Luhansk Region.

Let us add that the popular science nature of the publication determined the format of the presented material. The authors focused on significant historical monuments of the region, as well as the activities of historical figures who played a prominent role in Ukrainian history.

Also Vitalii KURYLO emphasized the importance of the future local history work, which will continue to be carried out by the scientists of LTSNU and thanked everyone involved in the creation of the scientific publication “Essays on the History of Luhansk Region”. His final words: “Luhansk region is Ukraine! Luhansk was, is and will be!”

After the official part of the presentation, a dialogue took place with attentive listeners, who asked interesting questions about the history of Luhansk region and Donetsk region, to which the author Vitalii Semenovych answered in detail with explanations, based on the history of the Luhansk region and his scientific works.

The rector of Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University Olena KARAMAN sincerely thanked Professor Vitalii KURYLO for his invaluable and important contribution to science, for his significant pedagogical and historical contribution, both for the university and for the whole of Ukraine. Olena Leonidivna concluded by adding: “Our mission is to pass on our possessions, new acquisitions and cultural values to our descendants, to the young generation that will grow up in a free and independent Ukraine!”

A pleasant surprise was a gift from the famous artist, honorary member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine Oleksandr MIROSHNYCHENKO, who lived in Luhansk Region for 30 years, his original oil painting with landscapes of Lubny Region.