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Petro Tolochko

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Petrovych and the family name is Tolochko.

Petro Petrovych Tolochko (Ukrainian: Петро́ Петро́вич Толо́чко; 21 February 1938 – 28 April 2024) was a Soviet and Ukrainian historian, archaeologist, and political activist.[1] He was one of the leading specialists in history of the Kievan Rus (Old Rus) and one of leading researchers of the NASU Institute of Archaeology of Ukraine.

Petro Tolochko
Tolochko in 2009
Born(1938-02-21)February 21, 1938
Prystromy, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
DiedApril 28, 2024 (2024-04-29) (aged 86)
Kyiv, Ukraine
CitizenshipSoviet Union (1938–1991) → Ukraine (1991-2024)
Alma materKiev State University
Known for
  • Books about history
  • political activism
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
  • Archaeology
  • medieval history
  • studies of Old Rus'
Institutions
Doctoral advisorBoris Rybakov

Tolochko was a doctor of historical sciences (1981), professor (1982), full member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (1990), foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2011, on 8 March 2022 he announced the withdrawal of his membership[2]) and member of the World Russian People's Council.[3]

In Ukraine, Tolochko was heavily criticized for his pro-Russian views and for his disapproval of the country's relations with the EU and NATO.[4][5][6] In 2016, he was forced to quit his position as the director of the Institute of Archaeology of the NASU.[7] According to the Russian historian Ruslan Gagkuyev, Petro Tolochko was placed under house arrest in April 2023.[8][9]

Tolochko died on 28 April 2024, at the age of 86.[10]

Bibliography edit

  • Old Kiev, 1970[11]
  • Old Rus: Essays on Sociopolitical History, 1987[12]
  • Old Russian Feudal City, 1989[13]
  • Archaeology and Ancient History (In Defence of Historical Marxism), 2007[14]
  • Ukraine in an Orange Interior, 2012[15]
  • Early Rus: History and Archeology, 2013[16]
  • Ukraine in the Fire of European Integration, 2015[17]
  • The Origin of the Land of Rus', 2016[18]

Citations edit

  1. ^ Ivakin 2013.
  2. ^ NASU 2022.
  3. ^ WRPC 2018.
  4. ^ Tolochko 2018, p. 187.
  5. ^ Kot 2020.
  6. ^ Komersant 2024.
  7. ^ Komersant 2024, section 3: "Under public pressure, he was dismissed in 2016 from the post of director of the Institute of Archeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine"
  8. ^ RHS 2023, section 3: "Сам автор не смог принять участие в презентации - с апреля 2023 года академик Национальной академии наук Украины находится под домашним арестом. [The author himself could not take part in the presentation - from April 2023, the academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine is under house arrest.]"
  9. ^ AllMedia 2023, section 7: "Я думаю, что сейчас голос Петра Петровича, находящегося под домашним арестом, является голосом всего украинского исторического сообщества [I think that now the voice of Petro Petrovych, who is under house arrest, is the voice of the entire Ukrainian historical community]"
  10. ^ RIA 2024.
  11. ^ Tolochko 1970.
  12. ^ Tolochko 1987.
  13. ^ Tolochko 1989.
  14. ^ Tolochko 2007.
  15. ^ Tolochko 2012.
  16. ^ Tolochko 2013.
  17. ^ Tolochko 2015.
  18. ^ Tolochko 2016.

References edit

  • Ivakin, Hlib (2013). "Tolochko Petro Petrovych" Толочко Петро Петрович. In Smolii, V. A. (ed.). Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Vol. 10. NASU Institute of History of Ukraine.
  • Tolochko, Petro (2018). Zapesotskiy, A. S. (ed.). Ukraina mezhdu Rossiey i Zapadom Украина между Россией и Западом [Ukraine between Russia and the West] (in Russian). Saint Petersburg: Saint Petersburg State University of Trade Unions. ISBN 978-5-7621-0973-4.

External links edit

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