Roman Serbyn (born 21 March 1939) is an historian, and a professor emeritus of Russian and East European history at the University of Quebec at Montreal, and an expert on Ukraine. He currently resides in Montreal, Canada.
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Serbyn is well known for his books and many articles about Ukrainian history, particularly the Holodomor.[1]
Biography
editRoman Serbyn was born in Viktoriv, Ukraine, in 1939. In 1948, he, along with his family, moved to Montreal, Canada. In 1960, he obtained a Bachelor of Arts from McGill University, and completed his Ph.D. at McGill in 1975. Serbyn began teaching history at McGill in 1969. He retired in 2002.[2]
Publications
edit- Roman Serbyn and Bohdan Krawchenko, Famine in Ukraine 1932-1933, 1986, ISBN 0-920862-43-8.
- Roman Serbyn, Holod 1921-1923 I Ukrainska Presa V Kanadi (translation: The Famine of 1921-1923 and the Ukrainian Press in Canada), 1992, ISBN 0-9696301-0-7
References
edit- ^ Роман Сербин. Боротьба за історичну пам'ять українського народу. // Федір Пігідо-Правобережний. «Велика Вітчизняна війна»: спогади та роздуми очевидця. «Новий Шлях», Вінніпеґ, 1954.
- ^ [1] Лаас Н.О. Сербин Роман [Електронний ресурс] // Енциклопедія історії України : у 10 т. / редкол.: В. А. Смолій (голова) та ін. ; Інститут історії України НАН України. — К. : Наукова думка, 2012. — Т. 9 : Прил — С. — С. 537. — 944 с. : іл. — ISBN 978-966-00-1290-5.
- A conversation with Prof. Roman Serbyn, historian by Franya Ponomarenko, Den'', July 18, 2006