Doctors Honoris Causa

In 1971 Gushikem defends his doctoral thesis in chemistry, and starts working in the Institute of Chemistry of the State University of Campinas (Brazil), one of the most important scientific and educational centers in South America, where since 1987 he is a titled professor.

Gushikem is the author of about 200 articles published in the leading scientific publishing houses of the world.

He founds new scientific schools; in particular he pioneers works on amorphous silica functionalization to create hybrid materials for sorption and analysis. He is one of the first world specialists to work out synthesis methods and study the adsorptive behavior of hybrid organic silica materials.

Since 1990s Gushikem studies covalent immobilization on the surface of silica oxides Al, Ti(IV), Nb(V), Sb(V), Zr(IV), which results in a new school shaping several years later in material studies based on sol-gel synthesis of new-generation hybrid materials containing a silica nucleus, a metal-oxide phosphate layer, and an organic component.

Gushikem’s scientific achievements are many times marked by national and international prizes. In particular, he is recognized the best scientist of Brazil, has a medal for scientific achievements from the Brazilian Chemistry Society, the Brazilian and Italian Prize for the significant contribution to inorganic chemistry.

He is an enthusiastic advocate of cooperation between the scientists of Brazil and Ukraine, pays multiple visits to our country, makes reports, in particular at V. N. karazin Kharkiv National University. Gushikem is a foreign member of the Scientific Board on Analytical Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

In 19965 Datchenko becomes the chief physician at the district hospital at Kupiansk Southern Railway Station; since 1996 — heads the Medical Service of the Southern Railway Station; since 2000 — appointed deputy chief physician on disability expertise at the road clinical hospital at Kharkiv Station. In November 2000 Datchenko heads the Second Health Safety Division of Kharkiv Regional State Administration; in September 2005 he is appointed deputy head of the Medical Service; in April 2006 — Head of the Medical Service of Donetsk Railway Station. In 1997-2005 Datchenko works as an assistant at the Department of Surgery, and later at the Department of Social Hygiene and Organization of Health Safety. Today he is the Head of the Medical Service of Odesa Railway Station.

Datchenko is a physician of higher category in organizing and managing health safety, an obstetrician-gynaecologist of higher category (since 19990).

He is awarded the Railroad Glory, III Class, the title of Merited Worker of Donetsk Railway Station. In 2007 he receives the award of the International Academic Rating Golden Fortune, and the honorary decoration Labor Glory.

Dyomin supervises the development and adoption of the regional complex program of social and economic development of Kharkiv oblast till 2010. Since 2000 he is the Secretary of the National Board on coordinating general state and regional bodies and local authorities.

Dyomin is a member of the Supreme Economic Board under the Office of the President of Ukraine (1997-2001); a member of the Board of Overseers of the National Foundation of Social Protection of Mothers and Children “Ukraine for Children” (2001).

In 2006-2008 Dyomin is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine in the Russian Federation and in 2008-2010 — the Director of the Institute of International Relations of the National Aviation University (Kyiv).

In 2010-2013 Dyomin is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine in the Republic of Kazakhstan, since 2013 — the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine in the People’s Republic of China.

Dyomin is the President of the Federation of Swimming in Ukraine, a member of the Executive Committee of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine.

The scholar is awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of Kharkiv (2006) and Kharkiv oblast (2012), is a laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology (2002). He is awarded the Order of Merit, Class III (1997), Class II (2002), Class I (2011), the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, Class V (1998).

In 1953 Epstein defends his PhD thesis “Struggle of Machine-Building Industry Workers of Ukraine for Early Completion of the First Five-Year Plan”, and in 1988 — his doctoral thesis “Working Class of Ukraine during the First Five-Year Plan”.

In 2001-2005 Epstein is a professor of the Department of Historiography, Source Studies and Archeology of Karazin University.

Epstein is the author of about 600 scientific works, including 21 books (monographs, brochures, teaching aids). His scientific interests are rather broad: history of the USSR, history of Ukraine, source studies, historiography, in particular history of national entrepreneurship, history of culture and foreign policy of Ukraine, history of trade unions, methodology of history teaching, area studies. Epstein is a member of the Thesis Committee at the School of History at Karazin University, a member of the Academic Board of the State Archives of Kharkiv oblast, the Head of Kharkiv Organization of the Society of Archives Workers.

Epstein is an honorary member of the All-Ukrainian Association of Experts in Area Studies (1997), the Veteran of Labor (1984), the Excellent Teacher of Ukraine (2002). He is awarded the Orders of the Great Patriotic War, Class II (1944) and Class I (1985), the Order For Courage, Class II (1999), medals For Distinguished Labor (1980), the medal of Zhukov (1998) and others.

In 1990-1991 Yevtukh is the Head of the Department of Ethnopolitics and Forecasting of the Center for National Relations of the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, in 1991-1995 — the Head of the Center for Ethnosociology and Ethnopolitical Research, the Deputy Director for International Relations of the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Since December 1995 Yevtukh is the Minister for Nationalities and Migration of Ukraine, since August 1996 — the Head of the State Organizing Committee of Ukraine in Nationalities and Migration. He is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine in Italy, in Malta and San-Marino, holds the diplomatic title of Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine, Class II (since 1999).

His scientific interests cover ethnosociology, theory of ethnos, sociology of interethnic relations, in particular the phenomenon of ethnicity in public and international relations; interethnic cooperation and ethnopolitical management in polyethnic societies. Yevtukh has worked out two original concepts of ethno-political and ethnosocial research in Ukraine, defined the subject, and the object of ethnosociology as a science and academic discipline.

Yevtukh is the author of 350 works, including publications in foreign editions.

Yevtukh teaches in educational institutions of Germany, the USA, Morocco. He is an expert of the Council of Europe in ethnicities, the President (199201995) and Head of the Commission on Foreign Relations (1992-1993) of the Republican Association of Experts of Ukraine, the Head of the Administration of the Sociology Association of Ukraine (2000) and many other scientific and public institutions.

Yevtukh is awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of Apóstoles and Misiones (Argentina, 1997),

Merited Worker Science and Technology of Ukraine (1998), is a laureate of Taras Shevchenko Prizes of T. H. Shevchenko Kyiv National University (2004), M. S. Hrushevsky National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (2005). He is awarded the Order of Merit, Class III (2204) and Class II (2010), medals, etc.

Eremenko’s scope of research covers interaction of electromagnetic radiation with magnetic regulated crystals, phase transformations in them. He discovers a number of new magnetooptical effects and the intermediate state in antiferromagnetiс and ferromagnetic crystals. Eremenko is the first in the world to observe the existence of exciton and impurity complexes. He founds a school of magnetooptics and spectroscopy of antiferromagnetiсs.

In the recent years Eremenko receives significant results in the field of high-temperature superconductivity, highly correlated electron systems and nanomagnetism.

Eremenko is the author of more than 500 scientific works, including his widely popular textbook “Lectures on Magnetism” and monograph “Introduction into Optical Spectroscopy of Magnetics”. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Physics of Low Temperatures (1990), a member of the Editorial Board of the Cambridge Scientific Publishers (Cambridge, England),Space Science and Technology (Kyiv), Physics of Solids (St. Petersburg).

He is a full member of New York Academy of Sciences, an academician of the European Academy of Sciences, Literature and Arts (2003), an Honorary Member of the American Physical Society (2000), a Doctor Honoris Causa of I. I. Mechnikov Odesa National University.

Eremenko is awarded the title of Merited Worker of Science in Ukraine (1982), Merited Worker in the Space Field of Ukraine (2007), is a laureate of state prizes of the USSR, Ukraine and Poland. He is awarded the Order of Merit, Class III (2002), Petro Mohyla Medal of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, the Certificate of Merit of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (2010).

In 1978 Zagorodny defends his PhD thesis “Electromagnetic Fluctuations in Limited Plasma and Molecular Systems”, and in 1990 — his doctoral thesis. Since 1998 he is a professor, since 1997 — a corresponding member, since 2006 — an academician, the Vice-President, since 2009 — the Head Academic Secretary of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Zagorodny specializes in static physics and theory of plasma, works out a static theory of space limited plasma and molecular systems and studies the influence of interaction of plasma and molecular subsystems on electromagnetic fluctuations in such systems; works out the coherent kinetics theory of the dusty plasma based on the first principles of statistic mechanics.

Zagorodny formulates the strict microscopic equations and the chain of the Bogoliubov equations for such plasma, which allows to describe a wide range of new physical phenomena in dusty plasma, previously unexplained.

Zagorodny is the author of more than 200 scientific works including his famous monograph “Statistic Theory of Plasma and Molecular Systems”. He is a corresponding member of the European Academy of Sciences, Arts and Literature (2004), a foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a Doctor Honoris Causa of the Institute of Physics of Condensed Systems (2010), is a laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology (2005). He is awarded the Order of Merit, Class III (2008), the Certificate of Merit of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (2004).

Zaslavskaya is a leading social scientist of the post-Soviet space, a specialist in economics, sociology of labor and village, methodology of social sciences, theory of post-communist transformation processes, founder of the Russian economic sociology. She is the founder of Novosibirsk economic-sociological school.

Zaslavskaya is the author of more than 400 scientific works, Doctor of Philosophy of Oberlin College, Georgetown University and the University of Pennsylvania (USA), the University of Helsinki (Finland), co-Head of the Intercenter, Interdisciplinary Academic Center for social and economic sciences (1993-2004), a member of the European Sociological Association (1987), Academy of Sciences of Poland (1988, since 1990 — Honorary Member), International Sociological Institute, a Doctor Honoris Causa of the Academy of Europe and Academy of the European Mediterranean (1993), Honorary President, and since 2010 — the Head of the Board of the Levada Center. She is a laureate of national and foreign prizes.

Zinchenko’s contribution to shaping the conceptual apparatus of engineering psychology is significant: analysis principles of the operator’s activity, the concept of information and image-conceptual models, etc. He initiates founding a new speciality of “ergonomics”. In 1990s he goes beyond the boundaries of experimental and applied problematics to turn to problems of personal and spiritual development, aesthetic education and developing education, shaping the principles of psychological pedagogy, poetic anthropology and organic psychology. In the recent years he has been studying a person’s consciousness and history of psychology.

Zinchenko is the author of more than 400 scientific works, more than 100 of which are published abroad, including 12 monographs in English, German, Spanish, Japanese and other languages. In his works on history of psychology the major focus is on the history of Kharkiv psychological school, Zinchenko’s memory theory.

Zinchenko is a member of the Presidium and Vice-President of the USSR Society of Psychologists (1968-1983), a member of the Presidium and Head of the Expert Board on Psychology and Pedagogy of the Higher Attestation Commission of the Russian Federation, the Head of the International Scientific Board Ergonomics, Deputy Head of the Interdepartmental Scientific Board Svidomist (Consciousness), Liudyna (Person), a member of the Russian Federation Foundation of Fundamental Research, President of the International Association of Development Education and others.

Zinchenko is an Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1988), a Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Tartu (2011), a laureate of the Prize of the Russian Federation Government in Education. He is awarded G. I. Chelpanov medal (2002), the Certificate of Merit of the President of the Russian Federation (2012).

Kohut is a member of the Organizing Committee of the Canada Ukraine Legislative and Intergovernmental Project within the framework of which there are held working visits, seminars and workshops, round-table discussions and meetings between Ukrainian legislators and government officials and their Canadian colleagues convening to address land privatization, and culture. He is the Head of the Kowalski Program on Studying Eastern Ukraine that supports academic research projects in eastern and southern Ukraine. He is also an economic advisor of the Canadian-Ukrainian archeological project in Baturin.

Kohut is the author of many scientific works, in particular special research on the history of Ukraine, mainly in the XVIII—ХІХ centuries. the sphere of his scientific interests also covers Russian and Ukrainian political culture, Ukrainian historiography, history of the elites, the national question, the national identity of Eastern-Slavic peoples.

Kohut is awarded the Order of Merit, Class III (2009).

In 1975-1982 Koller works as a researcher at the Institute of Applied Linguistics and the Institute of the German Language and Literature Studies in Erlangen. At the same time, in 1999-2005, he works as a press-secretary of the Department of Basic Specialities of the Virtual University in Bavaria. In 2001-2007 Koller is the Head of the Section of the complex project on development of opportunities for eLearning at the universities of Bavaria. He is invited to give lectures at Ain Shams University (Cairo) and the University of Riyadh (Saudi Arabia).

Koller’s scientific interests focus on computer graphematik, syntactic analysis of texts in a “person—machine” dialogue.

Koller is the author of scientific articles and reviews, four monographs, including teaching aids for Ukrainian students majoring in Germanic languages. In 1993-2004 Koller is the Head of the DAAD program (Germanistische Institutspartnerschaften) at V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. Since 2000 he is a member of annual meetings of scholars in Germanic studies in the “Nurnberg House” in Kharkiv. In 2002-2003 Koller is a coordinator of the Leonhard-Euler Scholarship Program for the best students of Kharkiv. In 2007-2008 he is a coordinator of the Tempus project “Promoting Student Self-Government: from the Post-Soviet to the European Model”. Since 2012 he is a member of the Ukrainian Association of German Research. Koller is awarded the Certificate of Merit of the Kharkiv City Head (2004).

In 1954 Kosevich defends his PhD thesis “To the Theory of Magnetic Susceptibility of Thin Metal Spheres at Low Temperatures” and in 1964 — his doctoral thesis “Some Issues of the Theory of Inelastic Crystal Deformation”. Since 1967 he is a full professor, since 1990 — a corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Kosevich’s scientific interests are focused on the electronic theory of metals, physics of condensed state of liquids, dynamics of crystal lattice, theory of dislocation and dot defects in solids, non-linear dynamics of magnetization in magnetic crystals. Together with Mikhail Lifshitz he gives a thorough analysis of magnetic quantum oscillations, founds the school of theoretical physicists studying linear and nonlinear dynamics of condensed media.

Kosevich is the author of more than 250 works on theoretical physics, including monographs for undergraduate and postgraduate students. He heads the Section of the Scientific Board on Solid State Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. He is a member of two thesis committees, the International Society for Interaction of Mechanics and Mathematics (ISIMM), an assistant of the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Physics of Low Temperatures. He is awarded the title of Merited Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine (1997), Excellent Teacher of Ukraine (1998). He is awarded the State Prize of the USSR (1978), state prizes of the USSR and Ukraine (1978, 2011).

In 2000-2005 Kremen is the Minister for Education and Science of Ukraine; a member of the Humanitarian Board under the Office of the President of Ukraine (2010), the Constitutional Assembly (since 2012).

His scientific interests cover theory and history of state government, philosophy, politology, education, pedagogy. In early 1990s Kremen initiates a series of studies on socio-political development of independent Ukraine. He is one of the initiators of joining the Bologna Process in higher educational system. He works out the National Doctrine of Development of Education presented in 2001.

Kremen is the author of more than 400 scientific works, including a number of monographs and textbooks. He supervises compilation of the first in Ukrainian history “Encyclopedia of Education” (2008).

Kremen is a full member of the Russian Academy of Education (1991), an academician of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine (since 1995, in 1997 and since 2012 until present days its President), an academician of the Ukrainian Academy of Political Sciences, the President of the Society “Znannya” (Knowledge) of Ukraine and the Sports Student Society of Ukraine (1998). Kremen is a Doctor Honoris Causa of Oles Honchar Dnipropetrovsk National University (2008), an Honorary Professor of Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University and other educational institutions. He is awarded the title of Merited Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine (1997), is a laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology (2005), H. Skovoroda International Prize (1997), M. Kostomarov Prize of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. He is awarded the Order of Merit, Class III (2002), Class II (2004) and Class I (2007), Nestor the Chronicler Prize, the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, Class V (2012), the Medal “In Commemoration of the 1500th Anniversary of Kiev”, the Golden Medal of the Russian Academy of Education “For Achievements in Education” (2010), the Certificate of Merit of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (2004).

Kuchma is a member of the Parliament (1990-1994), in 1992-1993 — the Prime Minister of Ukraine, the President of the Ukrainian League of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (1992-1994), the co-Head of the Constitutional Commission (Constitution of 1996). In 1994-2005 Kuchma is the President of Ukraine, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Head of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.

Kuchma is a PhD in Technical Sciences (1990), full professor (1992), author of many inventions and scientific and technological works, as well as the books “Believe in the Ukrainian People” (2000), “Ukraine is not Russia” (2003), “Thoughts about Economic Reforms in Ukraine” (2004), “After the Maidan” (2007), “Steps of the National Economy Development in 1994-2004” (2004) and others.

Kuchma is an academician of the Engineering Academy of Ukraine, a Doctor Honoris Causa of M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (1998), Taras Shevchenko Kyiv State University (2001), Chernihiv State Technical University (2011) and many other higher educational and scientific institutions.

In 1990 Kushnaryov is the Head of Kharkiv City Council of people’s deputies and its Executive Committee. In 1996-1998 he is the Head of the Administration of the President of Ukraine, the Head of the Committee on State Awards of Ukraine, the Deputy Head of the State Committee on Administrative Reforms in Ukraine, the Head of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, the Head of the National Council on Youth Policy (1997-1999). Since 2002 he is the Head of Kharkiv State Administration, in 2004-2005 — the Head of Kharkiv Regional Council.

In 1997 Kushnaryov defends his PhD thesis “Local Authorities and Issues of Socioeconomic Development of the City” and receives a PhD degree in Economics. He initiates emergence and development of local authorities in Ukraine, is an advocate of European regionalism, and an opponent of Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic integration.

Kushnaryov is the author of several monographs, books (“A Hundred Steps Around Kharkiv Land”, “Red Horse. Notes of a Counterrevolutioary”) where he expresses his own view on the Orange Revolution. His last book “Elections and Pitchfork” is published after the author’s death.

Kushnaryov is an academician of the Academy of Municipal Administration, the founder of Kharkiv Foundation to Support of Young Talents (1994), the President of the Association of Ukrainian Cities (1994-1997), an Honorary Citizen of Kharkiv (2006), of Kharkiv oblast (2007, postmortem), and Krasnokutsk district (2010, postmortem). He is awarded the Order of the French Legion of Honor (1997), the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, III, IV and Class V (1998, 2002, 2004), Nestor the Chronicler Prize, I Class, Orthodox Church Order of St. Vladimir, I Class.

Lytvynenko’s scientific interests lie in radiophysics and radioastronomy. He is the founder of the scientific school of theoretical radiophysics. He founds the theory of diffraction electromagnetic wave of electromagnetic wave scattering in complex and multi-layer periodic structures, works out a number of principally new quasioptical elements and systems of millimeter and submillimeter ranges, offers a mathematical method of consecutive specifications to solve functional equations of a different type that occur in radiophysics and electronics tasks. He is the founder of radioastronomy in Ukraine in themillimeter range of radiowaves.

Lytvynenko is the author of more than 300 scientific works, six monographs, twelve individual certificates of inventions. He is the Head of the Expert Committee of the Higher Attestation Commission (VAK) in astronomy, a member of the Committee of the State Prizes in Ukraine in Science and Technology, the Scientific Board on Space Research of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the Bureau of the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the International Astronomical Union, the European Astronomical Society, one of the founders of the Ukrainian Committee of URSI.

Lytvynenko is an Honorary Member of the IEEE, awarded the title of Merited Professor of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (2002), Merited Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine (1997), Merited Worker of Space of Ukraine, Honorary Citizen of Kharkiv oblast (2013), is a laureate of the State Prize of the Ukrainian SSR in Science and Technology (1987), Semion Braude Prize of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (2007), the National Program “Person of the Year — 2006” in the nomination “Scientist of the Year” (2006). He is awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor (1986), the Order of Merit, Class III (2008), Certificate of Merit of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. By the decision of the International Astronomical Union in 2006 the minor planet 2000NA25 is named Lytovchenko.

Marchenko’s scientific interests lie in mathematical physics, mathematical analysis, differentiated equations. He receives the fundamental results in harmonic analysis and the theory of almost periodic functions, the spectral theory of differential and finite-difference operators: the theory of inverse problems in spectral analysis and the scattering theory; the spectral theory of large random matrices; the theory of electromagnetic wave diffraction in the periodical structures; the theory of fully integrated nonlinear evolution equations.

Marchenko is the author of more than 130 scientific works, including twelve monographs. His name is given to a formula and a mathematical method.

Marchenko is a Doctor Honoris Causa of Sorbonne (1997), a member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters (2001) and other scientific institutions. He is awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of Kharkiv (2007), Merited Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine (1992), is a laureate of the Lenin Prize (1962) and Mikhail Lavrentyev Prize (2007) of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine. He is awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1967, 1972), the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, Class IV (2002) and Class V (2007), Vladimir Vernadsky golden medal of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (2009).

Mykhalchenko’s scientific interests focus on the methodological and vision issues of social cognition, objective and subjective factors of the historical process, the driving forces of the political and spiritual life of society, the philosophical and vision processes of education, the genesis of social relations and social institutions in different types of civilizations, regions, countries, etc. Mykhalchenko is the author of the well-known concept of transformation and modernization of Ukraine in late XX and early XXI centuries revealing that the main hindrance to European integration of the country is the internal political and social split in its society. He is one of the founders of the political studies in modern Ukraine. He initiates development and improvement of the system of training of professional political scientists.

Mykhalchenko is the author of about 400 scientific works,16 monographs, including eight individual ones. the most fundamental co-authored works are “Social Work” and “Philosophy of Politics”.

Mykhalchenko is the President of the Ukrainian Academy of Political Sciences, the Director General of the All-Ukrainian Sociological Service (since 1993), the Chairman of the Board of the All-Ukrainian Public Organization “All-Ukrainian Association of Political Sciences”.

Mykhalchenko is awarded the title of Merited Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine (2001), Excellent Teacher of Ukraine (2001). He is also awarded the Order of Merit, Class III (2002) and Class II (2012), the Certificate of Merit of the Verkhovna Rada (2009), and that of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (2007).

Moscardini’s scientific interests cover mathematical modelling, information technologies. He is the author of several monographs and more than 100 publications, including the ones published in the International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling, Kybernetes, System Dynamics Review, Organisational Transformation and Social Change, International Journal of Applied Systemic Studies, Artificial Intelligence and Applications, Journal of the Operational Research Society, and in the compendia of the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics.

Moscardini is an expert of international educational programs of the European Commission, the President of the Metaphorum Group (to develop Stafford Beer’s works), the scientific advisor of the British consulting company NAC (North-East Regional Development) and the company Nissan, coordinator of 11 international projects on the program of the British DFID Board and the European Tempus Tacis Commission.

In 2001-2004 Moscardini supervises the work “Founding New Master Speciality for Classical Universities of Ukraine” at three national Universities of Ukraine (Kharkiv, Donetsk, Kyiv). Within the framework of the project, the faculty members undergo internships at the University of Sunderland, and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece); the universities of Ukraine open a new Master’s speciality “Applied Economics”.

Moscardini is the President of the English System Dynamics Society, the President of the English Cybernetics Society, a member of the International Committee on Systemic Dynamics, an honorary member of London Mathematical Society, a Merited Professor of Donetsk National University.

In 1975-1978 Nguyen is a postgraduate student of Karazin University and after graduating he successfully defends his PhD thesis “Controllability of Dynamical Systems with Restrictions on Control”. Nguyen is a professor, the Vice-President of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology. In 1979-1983 Nguyen is the Head of the Department of Differentiated and Dynamical Systems of Kharkiv Institute of Mathematics, in 1983-1986 — the Deputy Director of the Center for Applied Systems Analysis at the Institute of Management (Kharkiv), since 1986 — a senior researcher, later — the Deputy Director of Hanoi Institute of Mathematics. In 1997-1992 Nguyen is the Director of the Department of Planning and Financing, and since 2001 — the Deputy Director, and since 2003 — the Director General of the National Center for Natural Sciences and Technology of Vietnam. He is an active organizer of the joint project of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the National Center for Cutting-Edge Ukrainian Technologies Transfer into the Economy of Vietnam and other countries of Southeastern Asia.

In Vietnam Nguyen continues studying the mathematical theory of control. He is the author of more than 50 scientific works on the topic in the leading mathematical journals. In 1990 the Academic Board of the Institute of Mathematics of the Academy of Sciences of Poland awards him a degree of Doctor of Mathematics.

Neklyudov theoretically grounds and experimentally proves the principally new method of creating a self-organizing state in metals and alloys called programmed strengthening, offers a new opportunity of producing radiation-resistant steels and alloys with inexhaustible centers of recombination of dot defects when exposed to radiation, discovers the phenomenon of anomalous recombination of dissimilar radiation defects in solid solutions that decay when exposed to radiation.

Neklyudov is the author of more than 800 scientific publications, including 17 individual monographs. His scientific developments are protected by 50 individual certificates and patents.

For a long time Neklyudov is the Deputy Head of the Industrial Coordination Scientific and Technical Board on Physics of Radiative Damage, the Head of the Constructions and Equipment of Atomic Energy Section of the Scientific, Technical and Expert Board under the Office of the President of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine on resource and safety when operating on constructions, equipment, and machines.

Neklyudov is an Honorary Academician of the Academy of Engineering Sciences of the Russian Federation (2004), Petrovsk Academy of Science and Arts (2004), the Academy of Applied Electronics of Russia, Ukraine and Belorussia (2004). He is awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of Kharkiv (2012), Merited Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine (1998), is a laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology (2007), the rating Kharkiv Citizen of the Year (2007, 2010). He is awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples (1986), the Order of Merit, Class III , Yaroslav Mudry Prize, Class V (2005) and Class IV (2012), medals.

His service at Kharkiv Cathedra is marked by opening of Pokrivsky Monastery in Vodiane Village, and St. Archangel Michael Convent in Lozova. In 1994 the Kharkiv Eparchial News newspaper resumes its circulation. In 1993 Nicodemus opens a religious school renamed into Kharkiv religious seminary in 1993. A lot of attention is devoted to restoration of ancient churches and erection of new ones. Since 1977 Nicodemus is a member of the USSR-Mexico Friendship Society, since 1979 — a member of the USSR-Canada Friendship Society, and the National Writer’s Union of Ukraine, an honorary member of its Kharkiv organization.

Nicodemus is a Doctor Honoris Causa of Kharkiv State Academy of Culture (1992), I. P. Kotlyarevsky Kharkiv Institute of Arts (1994), Warsaw Christian School (2002), and Kyiv Theological Seminary. He is awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of Kharkiv (1999) and Kharkiv oblast (2006), has a lot of church and state awards, including the Silver Order of St. Vladimir, Class II (1999), the Order of the Merit, Class II (1999) and Class I (2001), the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, Class V (2004), Class IV (2006), Class III (2008) and Class II (2011), the Order of Mary Magdala (Poland, 2006), the Order of Saint Seraphim of Sarov, Class I (2011) and others.

In 1997 Noterdaeme works as an invited professor at the National Nuclear Research Institute of Nagoya University (Japan). He makes a significant contribution to solving physical problems for the international ITER tokamak being established in France. In 1983 he defends his PhD thesis in nuclear engineering “Design of Stellarator with Screw Axis” at Cambridge University.

Noterdaeme is an expert in plasma physics and controlled thermonuclear synthesis, in particular high-speed plasma heating of thermonuclear traps, author and co-author of more than 220 scientific works, a member of the jury on doctoral theses at several European universities and the University of Canberra (Australia), a member of the program committees of many conferences in the USA and Europe, a representative of Belgium in the European Nuclear Education Network (ENEN), a member of the FUSENET Executive Board, the CYCLE Executive Committee, the MPIPP Academic Board and other programs and institutions. Noterdaeme is also a member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and Arts.

Noterdaeme is awarded the Prize of the National Belgian Society of Engineers for the outstanding Master’s Diploma in Electromechanics (1977), the scholarship of the the Belgian-American Educational Foundation (1977-1978), the Scholarship (1981-1983) and the Grant of the Belgian Scientific Society (1986), the Prize of the Postgraduate Board of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1983), the Scholarship of the National Nuclear Research Institute of Nagoya University (1997).

In 2001 Karl Marx University (Budapest) awards Pál the Doctor of Sciences degree (Dr. habil) in macroeconomics and economic planning. In 1989-1991 he is the Director of the Institute for Public Opinion Research, in 1991-1998 — the Director of the research institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, in 1998-2010 — the Director of the Institute of Sociology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, currently — the Head of the Department of Knowledge, Values and Culture Research of this Institute, the Director of the Center for Social Policy of Corvinus University of Budapest. Pál gives lectures as an invited professor at the British Academy of Social and Humanitarian Sciences (London, 1983), Cambridge University (UK, 1985), Wesleyan University (Middletown, USA, 1991), Concordia University (Montreal, Canada, 1991-1992), the Scientific Center for Social Research in Berlin (1995-1996). V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University hosts his numerous lectures as well.

Pál is an expert in social transformations of post-communist countries, author of many scientific works on the peculiarities, development, direction, and factor dependence of socio-economic, political and sociocultural changes in the post-soviet space, particularly the analysis of the events in Ukraine, the prospects of its European choice. He is a member of the editorial boards of the journals: Bulletin of the Institute of Sociology, Sociological Science and Social Practice, a member of the Hungarian Academy of Engineering Sciences, a Doctor Honoris Causa of the Institute of Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Pál is awarded the Order of Merit (Hungary, 2007).

Paton is the author of fundamental research studying the interaction between welding sources of heating and molten metal that serves as the basis for a new field in metallurgy — special electrometallurgy. the scientist creates new technologies of receiving unique construction materials, and materials with special coating.

Paton is author and co-author of more than 1,200 publications, including 20 scientific monographs, more than 720 inventions (500 foreign patents). He is an academician (full member) of the Academy of Europe (1992), the International Academy of Sciences, Education, Industry and Arts of the USA (1997), the National Academy of Applied Sciences of Russia (1997) and other scientific and educational institutions. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences of Bulgaria (1969), Czechoslovakia (1973), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1975), the GDR (1980), the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (1986), Belorussia (1995), Kazakhstan (1995). Georgia (1996), Tajikistan (2001), Azerbaijan (2002); an honorary member of the National Academy of Armenia (1994), India (1994), Kyrgyzstan, the International Academy of Astronauts of the USA (1997), the American Welding Society (1978), the Rome Club (1989), the British Institute of Welding (1993), the German Welding Society (1997), the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine (2003) and many other institutions and academies, a Doctor Honoris Causa of the Higher Technical School of Chemnitz (1981), Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University (1994), the National State Technological University of Ukraine KPI (1998), Kharkiv State Polytechnic University (1998) and other institutions.

Paton is awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine (1998), Merited Worker of Science and Technology of the Ukrainian SSR (1968), Merited Inventor of the USSR (1983). He is a laureate of Stalin Prize of the USSR (1950), Lenin Prize (1957), the State Prize of Ukraine (2004) and other awards. He is awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1943), the Order of Lenin (1966, 1969, 1975, 1978), the Order of the October Revolution (1984), the Order of Friendship of Peoples (1988), the Prize of Yaroslav Mudry, Class V (1997), IV (2003) and Class I (2008), the Certificate of Merit of the President of Ukraine (1993), and awards of Belarus, Bulgaria, the GDR, Georgia, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Russia, Czechoslovakia.

Peletminsky’s scientific interests cover different fields of theoretical physics: theory of magnetism, statistical physics, physics of irreversible processes, physics of solids, physics of quantum liquids and crystals, classical and quantum electrodynamics, cosmology. in each field the scientist obtains fundamental results. In 1956, together with Aleksander Akhiezer and Victor Bar’yakhtar, he discovers the phenomenon of magnetic and acoustic resonance. He is the founder of the scientific school of statistical physics.

Peletminsky is the author of more than 200 scientific works, including 5 monographs. He is awarded the title of Merited Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine (1998), Excellent Teacher of Ukraine (2001). He is a laureate of the State Prizes of Ukraine (1986, 1996), is awarded the medal “For Labor Valor”.

In 1999 Pilipchuk is recognized the Best Mayor of Ukraine: he initiates the introduction of a special regime for investment that attracts national and foreign capital to the economy of Kharkiv. Several monuments in the city are erected under his aegis. He contributes to signing partnership contracts with Moscow, Belgorod, Varna, Tianjin.

Pilipchuk initiates the renewal of the the tradition of awarding the title Honorary Citizen of Kharkiv (since 2009 he is the Head of the Council of Honorary Citizens of Kharkiv), holding K. Shulzhenko and B. Chichibabin international festivals, opening memorial plaques to distinguished citizens of Kharkiv. He is the President of the International Foundation in Memory of B. Chichibabin.

Pilipchuk is awarded the title of Merited Construction Worker of Ukraine (1995), Honorary Citizen of Kharkiv (2007), Merited Worker of Kharkiv “Metrobud”, Merited Worker of Transport of Ukraine. He is also awarded the Order of Merit, Class II and III. In 2002-2004 he wins the All-Ukrainian Contest titled Best Worker of the Year.

Pogorelov is a full professor (1950), a corresponding member (1951), an academician (1960) of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, a corresponding member (1960), an academician (1976) of the Academy of Sciences of Ukrainian SSR,. the scope of his scientific interests is rather wide: from abstract problems of mathematics to exclusively specific engineering tasks. the main focuses are on general geometry, geometry of elastic shells, applied works. He solves the fundamental problems of geometry and the non-linear theory of differentiated equations in partial derivatives, which wins him world acclaim. Pogorelov creates the geometrical theory of stability of thin shells, and founds his own school of mathematicians.

Pogorelov is the author of more than 200 scientific publications, including 40 monographs, a lot of textbooks in geometry for universities and secondary schools.

Pogorelov is awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of Kharkiv (20010, is a laureate of the Stalin Prize (1950), N. Lobachevsky International Prize (1959), Lenin Prize (1962), the State Prize of Ukraine (1973) and other prizes. He is awarded two Orders of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, the Order of Merit, Class III (1999), medals and other awards.

Popovych’s scientific interestscover philosophy of science, logic and methodology of scientific cognition, history of culture. He works out the conceptual and formal analysis techniques for scientific theories, the language of science, development of modern logic and natural history with allowance for the cultural and historical context of scientific studies. He formulates the concept of spiritual activity structures that takes into account the results of psychology of thinking, structural linguistics, ethnology, history of culture and the theory of communication. Popovych is the first to cover the worldview origins of the spiritual formation of the Ukrainian people.

Popovych is the author of more than 300 scientific works, including 17 monographs. He speaks Polish, German, English, French and Czech. In 1985-1990 Popovych is the Head of the Philosophical Society of Ukraine, since 1990 — its President. He is the President of the Society Ukraine-France (1992), a Doctor Honoris Causa of Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University (2009).

Popovych is awarded the title of Merited Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine (2000), is a laureate of Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine (2001), the National Program Person of the Year in the nomination Scientist of the Year (2001, 2003). He is awarded the Order of Merit, Class III (1996) and Class II (2008), Yaroslav Mudry Prize, Class V (2005), the Legion of Honor (France 2005), the Medal For Labor Valor (1970) and other awards.

In 1997-1998 Prezhdo is a scientific worker of the School of Chemistry of Yale University (USA), in 1998 −2003 — an assistant professor and in 2003-2006 — an associate professor, in 2006-2010 — full professor of the University of Washington (Seattle, USA). Since 2010 he is a full professor with distinction at the University of Rochester (New-York State, USA). He works as an invited professor at the universities of France, Japan, at the German Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (Dresden).

Prezhdo is a scientist in the field of analytical theory and large-scale calculations of dynamic properties of nano- and biosystems in photochemistry, photoactive materials and use of solar and other alternative energies.

Prezhdo develops the model of biological non-developed connection; offers the mechanism of retinol isomerization in the dark; comes up with an effective method of determining the DNA structure using graphene nanopores; thoroughly studies the influence of the system order on the liquid/gas transit phase.

Prezhdo is the author of 240 publications, full member of the Academy of Physical Sciences of the USA (2008), has a number of awards such as the Welch Award for Academic Excellence from the University of Texas (1996), Hemphill/Gilmore Fellowship (1996-1997), Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation (1998), the National Science Foundation of the USA (2001), the Prize for Outstanding Scientific Achievements from Paris Center of Applied Wave Mechanics (2001), and other awards.

The scope of Reichardt’s scientific interests covers organic chemistry of aliphatic polyaldehydes, synthesis, and applications of polymethines, physical-organic chemistry, effects of solvents in organic chemistry, empirical parameters of polarity of solvents and their use. Reichardt also pays much attention to studying the history of the University of Marburg, in particular, the development of chemistry there.

Reichardt is the author of more than 160 articles published in German and world journals. His fundamental work is titled Solvents and Solvent Effects in Organic Chemistry, translated into German, French, Russian, Chinese

In 1989 Reichardt receives the literary award of the Foundation of Chemical Industry (Frankfurt am Main), in 2000 — Marie Sklodowska-Curie Medal of the Polish Chemistry Society.

In 1971-1973 Richter is an academic advisor and full professor of Ruhr University Bochum. His main scientific interests cover nuclear and atomic physics, theoretical physics, physics of weak interactions, physics of leptons, astrophysics and chaos studies. In his laboratory he creates one of the first in the world superconducting electron accelerators S-DALINAC, a free-electron laser and other unique plants.

Richter is the author of about 400 publications in different (including international) editions. He is the Head of the ISOLDE Committee in CERN and the ICT Board in Trento (Italy).

Richter is a corresponding member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences, a foreign member of the Royal Society of South Africa (1990), a Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Gothenburg (1995, Sweden), Ghent (1996, Belgium), Johannesburg (2000, the Republic of South Africa), a member of the American Physical Society (2002), a corresponding member of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg (2005).

Richter is a laureate of Humboldt Prize (1988), and Max Planck Award (1992).

Sadovnichy’s scientific interests cover mathematics, applied mathematics, information technology, particularly the theory of differential operators, mathematical justification of a number of approaches in the relative theory of gravitation and problems of dynamic imitation of motion control. He provides the final solution to the task of the trace theory for common differential operators; comes up with the effective methods of image fragmentation based on distinguishing the peculiarities.

Sadovnichy is the author of more than 200 scientific works, including several dozens of monographs and textbooks. He is a full member of several scientific public professional academies of Russia, a foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (since 2000). He is awarded the Order of the Red Labor Banner, the Order “For Merit to the Fatherland”, Class III (1999), Class II (2005) and Class IV (2009), medals, foreign awards (Ukraine, Belarus, France).

Semynozhenko’s scientific interests cover materials science, superconductive materials. He is an advocate of the active public policy in the field of innovative development, increased state allocations for science and education. He supports the idea of uniting technological and innovative potentials of Ukraine and Russia to ensure rapid economic growth. He is the author of more than 500 scientific works and inventions, including books and monographs, more than 80 patents and inventions.

Semynozhenko is the Head of the Ukrainian Federation of Scientists (2000), the President of the Association of Alumni, Faculty and Friends of Kharkiv University (2001), a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine (1992), an honorary full member of the Academy of Arts of Ukraine (1998), a member of the Society of Photo Artists of Ukraine (1999).

Semynozhenko is a Doctor Honoris Causa of more than 32 universities and academies of the world; awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of Kharkiv (2010), Merited Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine (2008); is a two-time laureate of the National Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology (1992, 2000), a laureate of the International Prize in Nuclear Physics (1999); awarded the Order of Merit, Class III (1997), Class II (1999), Class I, the Order of St. Vladimir, Class IV, the Order of Yaroslav the Wise, Class V (2010) and many other awards.

Smolii’s scientific interests cover the history of Medieval Ukraine, the liberation movement and public consciousness of cossacks and rural people, state formation, history of the Cossacks.

Smolii is the author of about 800 scientific works, including 15 monographs. He is the Head of the Ukrainian Branch of the International Scientific Society on Studies of the XVIII Century, the President of the National Committee on Southeast Europe Countries, the Head of the Board on Scientific Heritage and Political Activity of Academician Mykhailo Hrushevskyi (1998-2000).

Smolii is awarded the title of Merited Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine (1998), a laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology (2001), awarded the Order of Yaroslav the Wise, Class V (2000), IV (2004) and Class III (2011), the Order of Merit, Class II (2006) and Class I (2009), the Certificate of Merit of the President of Ukraine (1996).

Stepanov’s scientific interests cover high-temperature plasma, controlled thermonuclear synthesis, theory of plasma in solids, radiophysocs, astrophysics and technical physics. His studies serve as the foundation of plasma electrodynamics in the magnetic field, are experimentally proven, and successfully used in the world in tokamaks, stellarators and adiabatic traps.

Stepanov is the author of more than 600 scientific works, including five monographs and ten inventions.

Stepanov is a member of the Ukrainian Physical Society (1991), an academician of the Academy of Applied Radiophysics of Ukraine, Russia and Belarus (1993), a Soros professor (1994).

Stepanov is awarded the title of Merited Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine (1998), is a laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology (2005). He is awarded the Order of Red Labor Banner (1971), the Medal “For Labor Valor” (1970), the Certificate of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR (1978), the Medal of the Academy of Applied Radiophysics of Ukraine, and the Decoration of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine “For Scientific Achievements”.

Tereschenko’s scientific interests in plasma physics and controlled thermonuclear synthesis cover microwave frequency equipment and devices, microwave frequency radio measurement, interaction between microwave frequency radiation and passive and active media, particularly chemical and medical-biological objects. Together with other scientists he works out the fundamentals of the theory of collective oscillations in plasma.

Tereschenko is the author of more than 400 scientific works, 25 individual certifications, three patents; the Editor-in-Chief of the Interdepartmental Republican Scientific and Technical Compendium Radiotechnics (since 1974). In 1976-1982 he is a member of the Organizing Committee of the European Microwave Conferences, a representative of the USSR there.

Tereschenko is an honorary academician of the Academy of Sciences of Applied Radioelectronics of Ukraine, Russia and Belarus (1994). He is awarded the title of Merited Worker of Science of Ukraine (1982), the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Class III, the Order of Patriotic War, Class I and II, the Order of the Badge of Honor, numerous medals, including the Medal of the Center for Deep Space Сommunication, and a number of honorary decorations.

In his scientific interests Tolok focuses on plasma physics. He supervises the creation of the only in Ukraine and one of the largest in Europe powerful experimental base for research in controlled thermonuclear synthesis, and the foundation of a number of URAGAN stellarators. In early 1970s Tolok initiates research in nonequilibrium plasma chemistry of high energies and creates a new vacuum plasma technology of multifunctional resistance coating used on the BULAT plant and borrowed by scientists of the USA, Japan and other countries. He founds his own scientific school of physics of low temperature plasma.

Tolok is the author of 190 works, 89 of which are published in foreign editions, and a number of patents. Some of his works are devoted to the history of physics.

Tolok is a laureate of the State Prize of the Ukrainian SSR, awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, Class II, the Order for Courage, Class III, the Order of October Revolution, the Order of the Badge of Honor, medals.

Tolochko’s scientific interests cover the history of eastern Slavs, Kievan Rus, Ukrainian Middle Ages, shaping of the Ukrainian statehood, formation of the political nation, civil society and its elite.

Tolochko is the author of more than 300 scientific works, including 30 monographs, 100 popular science and more than 200 journalistic and fiction works.

Tolochko is one of the organizers and since 1989 the Head of the Ukrainian Society of Historical and Cultural Heritage Protection, a member of the Executive Committee and the Head of the National Committee of the International Union of Slavic Archaeology, a corresponding member of the Central German Archaeological Institute (Berlin), a member of the Academy of Europe (London), a foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2011).

Tolochko is a laureate of the State Prize of the Ukrainian SSR in Science and Technology (1983), the State Prize of Ukraine (2002), awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor (1982), the Order of Yaroslav the Wise, Class V (1998), IV (2003) and Class III (2013).

In 1959 Tretiak-Shields becomes a postgraduate student of the University of Indiana, in 1961 — receives a Master’s Degree in the Humanities, and competes her work on obtaining a PhD degree. Tretiak-Shields teaches Russian language and culture at the University at Buffalo (New-York state) for 20 years before retires in 1981.

Tretiak-Shields is the author of two textbooks and many scientific articles. In 2001 she publishes her memoires devoted to the years of collectivization, repressions, Holodomor (1920-1930s) titled the Glorious and the Dreadful. Much attention in her memoires is devoted to the years of her studies at the School of History at Kharkiv University.

Tronko is the author of more than 600 scientific, journalistic and other works, including 20 monographs. He supervises the creation of the fundamental work titled the History of Cities and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR in 26 volumes. the first volume is devoted to Kharkiv oblast and recognized at the Expo 67 exhibition in Canada. In 1967-1988 Tronko is the Head of the Ukrainian Society of Historical and Cultural Heritage Protection; the Director of the Institute of the Ukrainian Book, the Chairman of the Board of Oles Honchar All-Ukrainian Foundation of Historical and Architectural Heritage and Architectural Renovation (since 1996), the Vice-President of the Association of Historical Cities of Ukraine, the Head of Kharkiv Community in Kyiv; the Head of the Overseers Board of Kharkiv University (since 2003). He is a Doctor Honoris Causa of twelve higher educational institutions of Ukraine.

Tronko is awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine (2000), Honorary Citizen of Kharkiv, Bohodukhiv, Lebedyn, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Kanev, Kyiv, Pereiaslev-Khmelnytskyi. He is also awarded the title of Merited Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine (1990), is a laureate of the State Prize of the USSR (1976), M. Ostrovsky Prize in Science and Technology of Ukraine, awarded the Order of the Red Star (1943), the Order of the Red Labor Banner (1958, 1965, 1971, 1973), the Order of Lenin (1961), the Order of Friendship of Peoples (1975), the Order of Merit, Class III (1995), the Order of Yaroslav the Wise (2005), the Certificate of Merit of the President of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR (1975, 1981), the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (2000), and other decorations.

Türk is a specialist in international law. In 1983-1992 he is the Head of the Institute of the International Law and International Relations of the University of Ljubljana. After the announcement of the independence of Slovenia he plays an important role in its diplomatic activities. In July and August of 1991 Türk unofficially represents so far unrecognized Slovenia in Geneva. He is a member of the delegation of Slovenia at the International Conference on solving the problem of former Yugoslavia (September 1991 through August 1992). In 1992-2000 Türk is the first permanent representative of Slovenia at the UNO, in 2000-2005 — an assistant of Kofi Annan on political issues. In 2005 he returns to Slovenia and resumes his work at the University of Ljubljana.

December 23, 2007 through December 22, 2012 he is the President of the Republic of Slovenia.

Türk’s scientific interests cover protection of human rights, rights of minorities, use of force by states, etc. He is the author of monographs: Principles of Non-Intervention in International Relations and International Law (Ljubljana, 1984), Foundations of International Law (Moscow, 2012), and more than 100 scientific articles. He is the author of the Chapter on human rights of the Constitution of Slovenia (adopted in 1991).

Türk is a Doctor Honoris Causa of Moscow State Institute of International Relations (2012), has several awards, including the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2011).

Since the very beginning of the Great Patriotic War Ushakov participates in the defensive battles in the South-Western Front. In July 1941 he is gravely wounded, but in December is back to the front. In 1943 Ushakov is awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. He goes all the way up to battalion commander. In December 1944 he is gravely wounded again.

Feger’s scientific interests are focused on engineering and low-temperature experiment methods, superfluid He-3, quantum magnetism, magnetism of low-dimensional systems; non-Fermi liquid systems; heat conduction in low-dimensional systems; magnetism of organic metals. His most significant achievements are cooling of Не-3 to 280 mK to observe the effect of nonwetting of the domain chamber walls; observation of magnon contribution to rare-earth metal heat conductivity; observation of ballistic, resonance and quantum background transport in point contacts; experimental observation of spin modes in the Heisenberg planar antiferromagnet with the spin S=1.

Feger is the author of about 170 scientific works, a member of many national and international scientific organizations such as the International Institute of Cryogenics, the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), the European Physical Society (1995), the American Physical Society (1996), a member of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (2002).

Feger is a Doctor Honoris Causa of Zakarpattia State University (2007), a laureate of the Prize for the victory in the national contest in organizing the pedagogical process ІSМР-99, the Prize of the Slavic Academy of Sciences for organizing the experimental base for research in the field of ultralow temperatures and achievements in studying superfluid He-3 (2002), the Prize of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine for his significant personal contribution to development of cooperation in science and education (2005). He is awarded Dionis Ilkovich Honorary Silver Diploma for achievements in physical and chemical sciences (1999), the Medal of the Slovak Academy of Sciences for Contribution to Development of Nature Sciences (2002) and other decorations.

Franko is the author of more than 100 prose works: novellas, tales and novels. Some of his poems are set to music, turned into hymns of several generations of the participants of social and national liberation.

His numerous works depict the problems of world and Ukrainian history. He advocates the existence of the one Ukrainian literary language composed on the basis of Kyiv and Poltava dialects enriched with patoises of other territories.

Franko is an active participant of public and political life, one of the organizers of the Russian-Ukrainian Radical Party (RURP), the author of its program (1890), after the split in the RURP he founds the Ukrainian National Democratic Party (1899).

Franko is nominated for the Nobel Prize, but the writer’s death interferes as this Prize is not awarded posthumously.

Khruslov’s scientific interests are focused on mathematical physics. He is one of the founders of the theory of averaging of differential operators with particle derivatives. Khruslov proves the theorem of step-type initial data decay for Korteweg-de Vries equation for an infinite series of asymptotic solitons. This way he is the first to obtain the exact formula for the leading term of the asymptotic solution, including the values of all the constants comprising it.

A number of his studies are devoted to the theory of inverse problems of electromagnetic probing. the methods designed by Khruslov are not only theoretically significant, but also prove to be effective when processing data of real geophysical experiments.

Khruslov is the author of more than 120 scientific works and three monographs; the Head of the Academic Board of the Mathematical Department and the Thesis Committee of the Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering (ILTPE), a member of the Editorial Boards of two international journals and the ILTPE, a member of a Bureau of the Mathematics Department of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Khruslov is a laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology (1989), M. Krylov Prize of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine (1996) and M. Lavrentiev Prize (2007). He is awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor (1985), the Order of Merit, Class III (2008), the Certificate of Merit of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (2010).

Shevelov is the Deputy Head of the Artistic Ukrainian Movement in Munich (1945-1949), the founder of the Association of Ukrainian Writers titled Slovo. Since 1946 he is a full professor of the Ukrainian Free Academy in Munich where in 1949 he is awarded a doctoral degree. Shevelov teaches Ukrainian and Russian in Lund (Sweden). In 1951 he moves to the USA where he works as a full professor at Harvard (1952-1954) and Columbia (1954-1977) Universities. Shevelov is the President of the Ukrainian Free Academy in New York (1959-1961, 1981-1986 where he is the honorary President till his very death).

Shevelov’s scientific interests cover Slavic philology, particularly the history of Ukrainian linguistics (morphology, syntax and lexicology), comparative analysis of the Ukrainian and other Slavic languages. He makes a significant contribution to the history of the Ukrainian and Belarusian languages, to the reconstruction of Common Slavonic languages. He studies the heritage of Alexander Potebnja.

Shevelov is the author of more than 800 works, including 17 books. In 2001 his memoirs come out, the first volume of which tells about his live, studies and work in Kharkiv in 1915-1943, his communication and cooperation with students and faculty members of the University.

Shevelov is a member of Taras Shevchenko Society (1949), a foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; a Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Alberta (1983) and Lund (1984) University, the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (1992); an honorary member of Kharkiv Historical-Philological Society (1994), a laureate of Taras Shevchenko Prize (2000, he donates the monetary constituent of the award to Ukrainian Gymnasium No. 6 in Kharkiv).

Shifrin is the founder of a new scientific trend in radiophysics, namely statistical antenna theory (SAT). This theory allowed to fully research the properties of real antennae that are in fact radiating systems with random sources. He is the first in the USSR to carry out fundamental experiments of distant tropospheric radio wave scattering. Shifrin develops the general theory of antennae with lumped elements. He creates his own scientific school that is world leading in the field of antennas with non-linear elements.

Shifrin is the author of about 300 scientific works, including 16 monographs and a number of inventions. His monograph Problems of Statistical Antenna Theory is widely known among scientists. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Radiotechnics Journal and many other professional editions.

Shifrin is the organizer and President of the Ukrainian National Association Antennae; a member of the International Society of Radio Engineers (1998), the initiator of creation of the East Ukrainian and Kharkiv Branches of this Society, an academician and member of the Presidium of the Academy of Applied Radioelectronics, an honorary professor of Kharkiv, Sebastopol, Taganrog and Southern Federal Universities. He is awarded the title of Merited Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine (1991), a laureate of the State Prizes of the USSR, awarded four orders and 18 medals.

Shulga’s scientific interests cover quantum electrodynamics, physics of high energies and nuclear physics. He develops the theory of coherent interaction of parts of high energy with crystals; offers a number of nuclear and physical methods to study motion mechanisms of parts in crystals. He predicts the effect of deviation and splitting of beams of high-energy particles owing to their multiple scattering by atomic chains in crystals (the so-called Grinenko-Shulga condition); the phenomenon of dynamic chaos in the movement of fast particles in crystals; the effect of suppression of ultrahigh energy electron remsstrahlung in a thin layer of substance (Ternovsky-Shulga-Fomin effect). He suggests a number of nuclear physics methods of studying the mechanisms of particle movement in crystals, supervises the shaping of physics of coherent processes with high-energy particles interacting with crystal and amorphous media.

Shulga is the author of more than 300 scientific works, including five monographs. He is a member of the Scientific Board of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine on Nuclear Physics and Energy, the Scientific Board of CIS countries on application of nuclear physics methods in related fields, a member of the Editorial Boards of professional journals, including the Bulletin of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University; the Vice-President of the Ukrainian Physical Society (2004), a laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology (2002), O. S. Davydov Prize of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (2000).

Yukhnovsky’s scientific interests focus on chemistry of high molecular compounds and preparation of pharmaceutical drugs. His research-to-practice activity is mainly related with the creation of the main series of high-productive and environmentally friendly technologies for general and functional galvanics, microelectronics and preparation of metal surfaces. He is the founder of his own scientific school.

Yukhnovsky is the author and co-author of more than 170 scientific works, including his famous monograph series titled Chemistry of Functional Groups (1983, London).

Yukhnovsky is a member of the European Academy of Sciences, Arts and Literature in Paris, a Doctor Honoris Causa of the Plovdiv University “Paisii Hilendarski” (2001), Varna Free University, the University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy (Sofia).

Yukhnovsky is awarded the title of Honorary Inventor (1980), Honorary Citizen of Sevlievo (1997), is recorded to the Golden Book of Inventors and Innovators of the Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria (1999). He has many awards: orders, medals, certificates of merit.

In 1975-1984 Yadov is the Head of the Sociology Department of the Institute of Social and Economic Problems. In 1988-2000 he is the Director of the Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, since 2000 — the chief researcher, the Head of the Center for Theoretical and Historical and Sociological Research, since 1995 — the Dean of the School of Sociology of the Institute of Sociological Education at the Republican Center for Humanitarian Education.

Yadov is one of the founders of Leningrad sociology school, the author of the dispositional theory of an individual’s social behavior regulation. He is a specialist in theoretical sociology, theory and methodology of sociological studies, sociology of labor, sociology and social psychology, sociology of science. His scientific interests also cover classical and modern theory of social changes, theoretical approaches to analysis of post-communist transformations.

Yadov is the author of more than 300 scientific publications, including the first in the USSR textbook on the methodology of sociological studies titled Methodology and Procedures of Sociological Research. He is an expert at the international and Russian scientific foundations, particularly the Center for Social Sciences and Documentation in Vienna (Austria).

Yadov is a Doctor Honoris Causa of the Institute of Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the University of Tartu, the University of Helsinki, Samara University.

Yakovenko’s scientific interests cover radiophysics, plasma electronics, physics of semiconductors. He focuses on the problems of generation, strengthening, expansion and non-linear interaction between electromagnetic waves in solids. He formulates the classical and quantum theory of interaction between electromagnetic fields and charged particles in irregular plasma of solids, two-dimensional electron gas, layered periodic structures.

Yakovenko is the author of more than 300 scientific publications, including three monographs. He is the Head of the Scientific Board of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine for Radiophysics and Microwave Frequency Electronics, a member of the Special Board of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University.

He is a full member of the Academy of Sciences of Applied Radioelectronics, an honorary researcher of the IEEE. He is awarded the title of Merited Professor of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (2002), Merited Worker of Science and Technology of the Ukrainian SSR (1990), is a laureate of the State Prizes of the Ukrainian SSR and Ukraine, awarded the the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, Class V (2004), the Order of Merit, Class III (2008), the Medal For Labor Valor (1981), the decoration of Excellent Worker of Education of Ukraine (1998) of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the decoration For Scientific Achievements (2009).

Yanson’s scientific interests cover tunnel and microcontact spectroscopy of normal metals, superconductors, compounds with heavy fermions and mixed valence, semimetals and semiconductors; biophysical studies of binding energy in molecular crystals. In 1964 the scientist for the first time records electromagnetic radiation generated by the tunel structure, which directly proves the existence of the ac Josephson effect. An important achievement is the discovery of the method of microcontact spectroscopy providing a new approach to studies of interaction between conduction electrons and different types of quasi-particle excitation in metal systems. Yanson is the creator of experimental approaches and methods in biophysical studies such as field mass-spectroscopy of binding energy in vacuum between the nitrogen bases of nucleic acids coding the genetic information in DNA and the method of quartz resonator for studies of enthalpy in molecular crystals of the nitrogen bases and their derivatives.

Yanson is the author of 250 scientific works, including five monographs and four inventions. He is awarded the title of Merited Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine (2005), is a laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine (1980), M. Ostrovsky Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology (1967); Hewlett- Packard Europhysics Prize of the European Physical Society (1987), the Humboldt Prize (1996), B. Verkin Prize of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (2006), the Lise Meitner Prize (Sweden, 2008), is also awarded the Order of Merit, Class III (2008).

Yatskiv is a recognized expert in space geodynamics and fundamental astrometry. He conducts a series of studies of the Earth poles movement, is the first to determine a new type of free twenty-four-hour nutation of the Earth, comes up with new approaches to building the global terrestrial and celestial coordinate system.

Yatskiv is the author of more than 200 publications, particularly a number of monographs and popular editions.

Yatskiv is the Vice-President of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) (1982-1986), the President of the IAU Commission “Rotation of the Earth” (1982-1986). Since 1991 he is the Head of the Ukrainian Astronomical Association founded on his initiative; the co-Head of a section of the International Association of Geodesy, the Head of the Board of Directors of the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (1992-1993), the Vice-President of the European Astronomical Society (2004-2009). Yatskiv is a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1997), an academician of the International Academy of Astronautics (1991) and many other international scientific organizations. He is awarded the title of Merited Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine (1988), is a laureate of the State Prize of the USSR (1986), the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology (1983, 2003), M. Ostrovsky Prize (1970), the International Descartes Prize (2003) and other decorations; is awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor (1982), the Order of Merit , Class III (1997) and Class II (2000), the Certificate of Merit of the NASA. One of the small planets No. 2728 is named after Yatskiv.