CEFRES Team

Vasyl Derevinskyi – Research & CV

The voice of the unconquered.
An alternative opinion of publications of the Ukrainian Helsinki Union in Soviet Ukraine (1988–1989) 

CEFRES Research Area: Displacements, “dépaysements”, discrepancies

Contact: vasyldr[@]ukr.net

Vasyl Derevinskyi is doctor of history, professor of the Department of Political Sciences and Law of the Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture. Researcher of the history of the struggle of Ukrainians for personal and national freedom in the 20th century, as well as national politics and biography. 

He published a number of books about Vyacheslav Chornovol, a well-known Ukrainian public-politician and statesman, editor of underground publications, leader of the largest Ukrainian National Democratic Party in the 1990s, political prisoner of the Russian-communist regime in the 1960s-80s.  

Since 2013, he has been organizing the scientific forum “Chornovol Readings”, which was started in honor of Vyacheslav Chornovol and is a kind of platform where various topics of the historical past and present are discussed. As a result of the fact that Russia’s large-scale war against Ukraine began in February 2022, it was not possible to hold another scientific forum “Chornovil readings” under the theme “The press as a weapon against the press”. Participated in the organization of various scientific conferences. 

Guarantor of the educational program of the third (educational and scientific) level of higher education (PhD) in specialty 032 “History and Archeology” of Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture since 2016. The program is licensed and accredited by the National Agency for Quality Assurance of Higher Education (Ukraine). 

Academic supervisor of 5 graduate students. The PhD candidate successfully defended his dissertation. 

He was a member of the specialized academic council K 26.126.01 for the defense of dissertations for obtaining the scientific degree of candidate of historical sciences, which operated at the National Research Institute of Ukrainian Studies in 2015–2017, acted as an official opponent during the defense of dissertations of candidates of the degree of candidate of sciences. 

Member of the editorial boards of scientific publications: “Ukrainian Science: Past, Present, Future” (2014), “Scientific Bulletin of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine” (2016–2019), “Bulletin of the Kyiv National Linguistic University. Series “History, economy, philosophy” (2022-2023). 

Member of the National Union of Local Historians of Ukraine. 

CV 

Education 

  • 2015: professor’s certificate, Department of Political Sciences, Kyiv National University of Civil Engineering and Architecture. 
  • 2014: Doctor of Historical Sciences diploma, doctoral studies at the Kyiv National University of Civil Engineering and Architecture. 
  • 2006: certificate of associate professor, Department of Political Sciences, Kyiv National University of Civil Engineering and Architecture. 
  • 2003: Diploma of Candidate of Historical Sciences, postgraduate studies of the Department of Political Sciences of the Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture. 
  • 1998: specialist diploma, Ternopil State Pedagogical University named after Volodymyr Hnatyuk, history. 

Positions 

  • 2014: Professor of the Department of Political Sciences and Law of the Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture. 
  • 2004–2014: Associate Professor of the Department of Political Sciences of the Kyiv National University of Civil Engineering and Architecture. 
  • 2001–2003: assistant at the Department of Political Sciences of Kyiv National University of Civil Engineering and Architecture. 
  • 1998–1999: history teacher at Kremenets Lyceum. 

 Grants, scholarships, scientific projects 

  • 2019–2020: scholarship of the Eternal Fund named after Oleksandr and Halyna Kulagynyh of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Alberta. 
  • 1017–2018: state budget research work 4DB-2017 “Models of national consolidation of Ukraine (on the example of energy efficiency and energy saving policy)”. 
  • 2015-2016: state budget research work 6DB-2015 “Institutionally communicative model of regional development and territorial integration policy”. 
  • 2012–2013: scholarship of the Eternal Fund named after Oleksandr and Halyna Kulagynyh of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Alberta. 
  • 2009–2011: scholarship of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for young scientists. 
  • 2007–2008: grant for young scientists of Kyiv National University of Civil Engineering and Architecture. 

Нonors 

  • 2020: thanks from the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. 
  • 2018: laureate of the Panas Myrny Award. 
  • 2018: laureate of the Ivan Ohienko Prize. 

Selected publications 

Books 

  1. Ukrainian patriotism – a factor of statehood, stability, well-being: Collective monograph. / G.I. Honcharuk (ed.). Odesa: Astroprint, 2002. 304 p. (co-author) [in Ukrainian].
  2. Attitude of OUN(b) and UPA towards neighboring peoples and national minorities. Kyiv: Institute of History of Ukraine, NAS of Ukraine, 2006. 149 p. [in Ukrainian].
  3. On the crest of the struggle. Activities of Vyacheslav Chornovol in the second half of the 1980s: Monograph. Kyiv: Ukrainian publishing association named named by Yuria Lypa, 2010. 220 p. [in Ukrainian].
  4. Vyacheslav Chornovil. Essay on the portrait of a politician: Monograph. Ternopil: Jura, 2011. 224 p. [in Ukrainian].
  5. Vyacheslav Chornovil: journalist, fighter, statesman: monograph. Ternopil: Aston, 2013. 387 p. [in Ukrainian].
  6. Vyacheslav Chornovil: a spirit that tears the body to battle. Kharkiv: Vivat, 2016. 496 p. [in Ukrainian].
  7. The muse and rank of Ostap Lutskyi. Kyiv: Smoloskip, 2016. 936 p. (co-author) [in Ukrainian].
  8. Vyacheslav Chornovil. Kharkiv: Family Leisure Club, 2017. 256 p. [in Ukrainian].
  9. The policy of energy efficiency and energy saving as a factor of national consolidation: problems of formation and implementation: monograph. Kyiv-Ternopil: “Beskydy”, 2018. 203 p. (co-author) [in Ukrainian].
  10. Chornovil V. Ukraine begins with you [select. Art. and materials; according to and author prev. V. Derevinskyi]. Brusturiv: Discourse, 2020. 304 p. (collection of documents) [in Ukrainian].

Articles 

  1. V. Chornovol’s contribution to the creation and activity of the UGS. Historical journal. 2009. No. 5. pp. 51–59. [in Ukrainian].
  2. V. Chornovol’s contribution to the creation and operation of the press service of the UGS. Bulletin of the Academy of Labor and Social Relations. 2009. No. 5. pp. 104–107. [in Ukrainian].
  3. UGS under repressive pressure from the authorities. Pages of history. 2010. No. 30. pp. 183–192. [in Ukrainian].
  4. Propaganda campaign of the Soviet authorities against the editorial board of the “Ukrainian Herald” in the second half of the 1980s. Scientific journal of the NPU named after M.P. Dragomanov. Series No. 6. Historical sciences: Collection. scientific works. Issue 6. K.: NPU named after M.P. Dragomanov, 2010. pp. 67–74. [in Ukrainian].
  5. Ukrainian Helsinki Union: problems of organization development. Magisterium. 2010. Issue 41. pp. 38–43. [in Ukrainian].
  6. Reorganization by V. Chornovolom of the information and press service of the People’s Movement of Ukraine. Bulletin of the Carpathian University. History. 2011. Issue 20. pp. 112–119. [in Ukrainian].
  7. Models of national consolidation of Ukrainian society. Gilead. 2018. No. 136. pp. 290-292. [in Ukrainian].
  8. State energy dependence in the context of the consolidation of society. Gilead. 2018. No. 137. pp. 321-323. [in Ukrainian].
  9. The issue of national consolidation in the normative legal acts of Ukraine. Gilead. 2018. No. 139 (Part 3). pp. 89–92. [in Ukrainian].
  10. Ostap Lutskyi in the liberation war for independence (1918-1921). Local history. 2018. No. 4. pp. 118-128. [in Ukrainian].
  11. Russia’s information war against Ukraine in the 1990s. Chornovil readings: Materials of the V All-Ukrainian Scientific Conference (Kyiv, March 14, 2020) / edited by V. F. Derevinskyi. Kyiv: “Beskydy”, 2020. pp. 28-31. [in Ukrainian].
  12. Methodological foundations of historical and biographical research. Intelligentsia and power: History series. 2019. No. 41. pp. 64–75. [in Ukrainian].
  13. Soviet political prisoners and the Ukrainian revolution of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Revolution of Dignity: on the way to history: Collection of scientific works, vol. 2. Revolutions of the postmodern era: Maidan in the context of global protest movements of the late 20th – early 21st centuries / Poshivaylo I., Onyshko L. (rep. ed.). K.: National Museum of the Revolution of Dignity, 2021. pp. 85–92. [in Ukrainian].
  14. The Ukrainian press in the context of the struggle for the freedom of the national community. Southern archive (historical sciences). 2022. No. 38. pp. 14-18. [in Ukrainian].
  15. Vyacheslav Chornovil and the issue of sovereignty: from the idea to the declaration of the State Sovereignty of Ukraine. Pages of history. 2023. No. 56. pp. 328–340. [in Ukrainian].

Наукові профілі онлайн 

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5967-2328
https://knuba.academia.edu/VasylDerevinskyi
https://www.knuba.edu.ua/faculties/fupp/kafedri/kafedra-politichnix-nauk-i-prava/specialnist-032-istoriya-ta-arxeologiya-phd/032-garant-osvitno%D1%97-programi/