50/3. Viktor Tkachenko

Viktor Tkachenko 

Doctor of Historical Sciences, Senior Research Fellow, 

Leading Research Fellow of the National Historical and Ethnographic Reserve «Pereyaslav».

Pereyaslav, Ukraine

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6741-3430

DOI: 10.17721/2522-4611.2024.50.3

FROM THE COHORT OF GRADUATES OF THE SHEVCHENKA UNIVERSITY. 

MYKHAILO SIKORSKY (1923–2011)

The article, based on various sources, highlights the activities of Mykhailo Ivanovich Sikorskyi, Hero of Ukraine, laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine named after Taras Shevchenko, graduate of Kyiv State University named after T. Shevchenko. The author provides a brief biography and mentions honors and awards.

It was found that the knowledge obtained at the university and systematic archaeological, archival, historical and ethnographic research, support of such famous personalities as V. Zabolotny, P. Tronko and I. Gonchar made it possible to create National Historical and Ethnographic Reserve «Pereyaslav» and to turn the city of Pereyaslav into one of the cultural centers of Ukraine.

It was established that Mykhailo Sikorskyi's views on the museum as an object of inspection and preservation and popularization of Ukrainian history and culture changed: from a museum «which captures life as a living event» to a museum-temple. This is confirmed by his words: «By building the Museum, we are protecting the Temple, building the Temple of spirituality in the modern environment».

It was noted that the personality of M. Sikorskyi always attracted the attention of political and cultural figures and scientists who admired his work in the name of preserving Ukrainian culture. It is recorded that after the death of M. I. Sikorskyi, in 2011, the memory of a prominent personality and creator of museums is commemorated in the city of Pereyaslav, NHEZ «Pereyaslav» and at the University of Hryhoriy Skovoroda in Pereyaslav were organized various events, by the National Union of Local Historians of Ukraine award named after M. Sikorsky, etc.

Key words: museologist, historian, archaeologist, museum, Sikorsky, Hero of Ukraine, Shevchenko University.

Received by the editorial board: 3.09.2024.

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