Olena Apanovych

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Olena Apanovych
Олена Михайлівна Апанович
BornNovember 9, 1919
Melekes, Simbirsk Governorate (now Dimitrovgrad, Ulyanovsk Oblast), Russia
DiedFebruary 21, 2000(2000-02-21) (aged 80)

Olena Mykhaylivna Apanovych (Ukrainian: Олена Михайлівна Апанович; 9 November 1919 – 21 February 2000) was a Ukrainian historian, a researcher of Zaporozhian Cossackdom. She was an Antonovych prize recipient.

Biography

Olena Apanovych was born in Melekes,

Polish nobility ancestry. She spent all her childhood in Manchuria, northeastern China, where her father worked. Her family was deported from China by the Japanese. They settled in Kharkiv
in 1933, where Olena finished high school. Olena's mother died soon after and her father was suppressed in 1939 by false accusations.

In 1937, she entered the "All-Union Institute of Journalism" in

Second World War. After the onset of the German invasion, she was evacuated to Kazakhstan and Bashkiria. From May 1944, Olena worked in the Central State Archive of Ukraine in Kyiv as a researcher and prepared many historical documents for publishing.[1][2][3]

In 1950, Apanovych defended her dissertation for the

Cossackdom. During the period of 1950-72, she led archaeological expeditions to places connected with Zaporozhian Cossack history, published many scientific works, and made a full register of Zaporozhian Cossack memorials
.

From 1972, after being fired for political reasons from the Institute of History, Apanovych worked in the Central Scientific Library of the

Academy of Science of Ukraine
, making significant contributions in manuscript research. In the early 1980s, she was often invited to be a historical consultant for documentary and fiction films on Ukrainian Cossackdom.

Awards and honours

References

  1. ^ "Apanovych, Olena". Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  2. . Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  3. ^ "APANOVYCH Olena Mykhailivna". Дисидентський рух в Україні. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  • Apanovych Biography on the Museum of dissident movement site, (in Ukrainian)
  • Lyudmyla Tarnashynska, "55 years «under the sign of Clio».", Dzerkalo Tyzhnia, (The Weekly Mirror), September 4–10, 2004.