Vikentiy Khvoyka
Vikentiy Viacheslavovych Khvoyka | |
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Trypillian culture | |
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| Fields | Archaeology |
Vikentiy Viacheslavovych Khvoyka (
Trypillia culture of Ukraine. He also researched the Scythian, Zarubintsy, Chernyakhov and early Slavic archaeological cultures.[1]
Biography
Khvoyka was born on 21 February 1850 in the village of
National Historical Museum, and the first curator of its archaeological collection.[1]
Khvoyka discovered the
Trypillia culture in Ukraine. The exact year of his discovery is uncertain: 1893,[2] 1896[3] and 1887[4] have been reported. He presented his findings at the 11th Congress of Archaeologists in 1897.[4] The same culture was discovered in Romania
around the same time, where it was called the Cucuteni culture.
Khvoyka died in Kyiv on 20 October 1914. He is buried in the Baikove Cemetery.[1]
Legacy
In 1962, Novokyrylivska Street in Kyiv, where Khvoyka lived from 1898 to his death in 1914, was renamed in his honour, and a memorial plaque was installed there.[1]
In 2000, the National Bank of Ukraine issued a commemorative two hryvnia coin to mark the 150th anniversary of Khvoyka's birth.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Хвойка Викентий Вячеславович (in Russian).[dead link]
- ^ "Welcome to the Trypillian e-Museum". The Trypillian Civilization Society. Archived from the original on 2008-06-07. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
- ^ Videiko, Mykhailo. "Trypillian Civilization in the prehistory of Europe". The Trypillian Civilization Society. Archived from the original on 2008-06-21. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
- ^ a b Taranec, Natalie. "The Trypilska Kultura - The Spiritual Birthplace of Ukraine?". The Trypillian Civilization Society. Archived from the original on 2008-06-21. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
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