Oleksandr Demydenko

Oleksandr Demydenko

Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, director of Cherkasy State Agricultural research station of the NSC «Institute of Agriculture NAAS».

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1543-6766

DOI: 10.17721/2522-4611.2022.45.13

CURRENT PUBLICATION ABOUT THE GLORIOUS AGRICULTURAL

AND COSSACK FAMILY OF THE GALAGAN FROM POLTAVA REGION

(Review of the book by N. P. Kovalenko, V. V. Boiko «The Galagan family: from the memoirs of Boiko Vasyl Mykhailovych. Cherkasy: «IntroligaTOP», 2021. 280 p.

ISBN 978-617-7787-31-9»)


Abstract. The author reviewed the book N. P. Kovalenko, V. V. Boiko «The Galagan family: from the memoirs of Boiko Vasyl Mykhailovych» edited by Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor, Honored Worker of Science and Technique of Ukraine P. I. Boiko. It is noted that the peer-reviewed scientific publication is relevant, because in it, according to the memoirs of historian, teacher, local historian Vasyl Mykhailovych Boiko, the history of the famous agricultural and Cossack family Boiko-Galagan from Poltava region is covered. Emphasis is placed on the true reflection of the history of life and hard work of Ukrainian agricultural producers, reflects the tense and heroic periods of life of the Boiko-Galagan family, which are intertwined with the history of Ukraine. It was concluded that although Ukraine was a bastion of various invasions, the ancestral roots were marked by patriotic and agricultural spirit, was famous for organizational skills among the peasants, and was fond of land and agricultural work.

Key words: scientific publication, history of the glorious family, agricultural and Cossack family of Boiko-Galagan, Ukrainian agricultural producers, Poltava region.

Received by the editorial board: 10.11.2021