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TheV. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (Ukrainian:Харківський національний університет імені В. Н. Каразіна), also known asKharkiv National University orKarazin University, is apublic university inKharkiv,Ukraine. It was founded in 1804 through the efforts ofVasily Karazin, becoming the second oldest university in modern-day Ukraine.[3]
Харківський національний університет імені В.Н.Каразіна | |
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Latin:Universitas Charcoviensis[1][2] | |
Former names | Imperial Kharkov University (1804—1917) Free Academy of Theoretical Knowledge (1920—1921) Kharkiv Institute of Public Education (1920—1932) Kharkiv State University (1932—1999) |
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Motto | Cognoscere, Docere, Erudire (Latin) |
Motto in English | To learn, To Educate, To Enlighten |
Type | National university |
Established | 29 January 1804; 221 years ago (1804-01-29) |
Rector | Tetyana Kahanovska |
Academic staff | 2,256 |
Students | 17,368 |
Postgraduates | 500 |
Address | 4, Svobody square, 61022 ,,, |
Campus | Urban |
Colors | Blue &White |
Affiliations | IAU,EUA,WHO |
Website | karazin.ua |
Building details | |
Головний корпус Харківського університету | |
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General information | |
Location | Kharkiv, Ukraine |
Completed | 1932 |
During theRussian invasion of Ukraine, all buildings were partially or fully destroyed by attacks from Russian forces.[4][5]
History
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Russian Empire
editOn 29 January [O.S. 17 January] 1805, the Decree on the Opening of theImperial University in Kharkov came into force. The university became the second university in the south of theRussian Empire. It was founded on the initiative of the local community withVasily Karazin at the fore, whose idea was supported by the nobility and the local authorities. Count Seweryn Potocki was appointed the first supervisor of the university, the firstrector being thephilologist and philosopher Ivan Rizhsky.
In 1811, the Philotechnical Society was founded, while the Mathematical Society of Kharkov, the Historical and Philological Society of Kharkiv, the Naturalists Society, Societies of Physics, Chemistry, Law, among others, were established in the second half of the 19th century. The first periodicals inSlobozhanshchyna appear in the university around this time, includingKharkovski Ezhenedelnik (1812),Ukrainski Vestnik (1816–1819),Ukrainski Zhurnal (1824–1825), etc.
In 1839, a veterinary school, which in 1851 became an independent institute, was established at the university. By this time, the campus included laboratories, clinics, an astronomical observatory, a botanical garden and a library.
Previously, the university was autonomous with rectors being elected. However, from 1820 to 1850, all its activity was strictly controlled. Rectors were appointed by the Minister of Education, while scientific publications, and academic processes were censored.
In 1863, under a new Statute,[which?] the university became partly autonomous.
The university has been publishingScientific Notes since 1874.
From the 19th century up to the early 20th century, the University of Kharkiv had four schools: School of Physics and Mathematics, School of History and Philology, School of Medicine, School of Law.
The university exerted great influence on school-life in Slobozhanshchyna in the first period of its existence, largely from 1805 to 1835.[citation needed]
Ukrainian SSR
editFrom 1917 to 1920, there was a struggle between advocates of the Ukrainian statehood and Russian course. Some of the professors who opposed new political realities left. Most of the Ukrainian professors remained in Kharkiv. They continued working in the institutions founded by the Soviet government: the Academy of Theoretical Knowledge (1920–1921), Kharkiv Institute of Public Education (KhIPE, 1921–1930), Kharkiv Institute of National Economy, Institute of Physics and Chemistry, and Institute of Law. Kharkiv State University, consisting of seven schools — School of Physics and Mathematics, School of Chemistry, School of Biology, School of Geology and Geography, School of Literature and Linguistics (with Department of Philosophy), and School of Economy (with Department of Economic Geography) — was restored on their basis in 1932–1933.
In 1921, Kharkiv Medical Institute was founded based on the School of Medicine of the University of Kharkiv.[citation needed]
In 1936, the university was named after the late Russian writerMaxim Gorky (though he was not related to the university during his life). During theGerman-Soviet war, it was evacuated to the city of Kizilord inKazakhstan, where it merged with theKyiv University to form the United Ukrainian State University.[6] In 1943/44, the university returned to Kharkiv (the first academic year after the liberation of the city on 1 November 1943). In 1951, 800 university students suffered from persecution after they refused to pass exams inRussian. Court trials were held behind closed doors.[citation needed]
In 1977, the following schools were operating in the university: School of Mechanics and Mathematics, School of Physics, School of Geology and Geography, School of Economy, School of History, School of Philology, School of Foreign Languages, School of General Sciences, School of Correspondence Learning, and Night School.[citation needed]
Independent Ukraine
editOn 11 October 1999,Leonid Kuchma, thePresident of Ukraine issued a decree, in which he, "taking into consideration considerable contribution that Kharkiv State University made to training qualified specialists and to development of science" granted the status of a national university and named it after its founder,Vasyl Karazin.[citation needed]
In 2004, the university was given a twin building (the former Govorov Academy), opposite Svobody Square.[citation needed]
Russian shelling hit the building of the Faculty of Economics[7] which was subsequently destroyed by further Russian shelling.[8] On 5 March the university sports complex was partially destroyed. On 11 March — the building of the Faculty of Physics and Technology was partially destroyed and on 18 March — the Institute of Public Administration was partially ruined. As of 22 March 2022, according to the university's press service, the university had no intact buildings left.
Campuses and buildings
edit- Main building
- Northern building
- Central Scientific Library
- Students’ Campus
Ranking
editUniversity rankings | |
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Global – Overall | |
THE World[9] | 477 (2021) |
Under the Soviet Union, the University of Kharkiv was decorated theOrder of the Red Banner of Labour, theOrder of the October Revolution and the Order of Peoples' Friendship.[citation needed]
University rankings | |
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Regional – Overall | |
QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia[10] | 23 (2024) |
Kharkiv National University holds the second place in Ukraine in volume of publications and citations in scientific databaseScopus and theHirsch index, with the best academic results in the School of Medicine and School of Biology.
In 2017, according to QS World University Rankings, it is the best university in Ukraine and ranks as 382th university in the world.Also, in 2021, according to THE World University Rankings,[11] it is the best university in Ukraine and ranks as 477th university in the world.
Units
editDepartments
edit- School of Biology
- School of Chemistry
- School of Computer Sciences
- School of Ecology
- School of Economics
- School of International Economic Relations and Tourism
- School of Foreign Languages
- School of Medicine
- School of Geology, Geography, Recreation and Tourism
- School of History
- School Mechanics and Mathematics
- School of Law
- School of Physics
- School of Philology
- School of Philosophy
- School of Psychology
- School of Radiophysics
- School of Sociology
- Education and Research Institute of Ecology
- Education and Research Institute "Karazin Banking Institute"
- Education and Research Institute "Institute of Public Administration"
- Education and Research Institute "Karazin Business School"
- Institute of International Education for Study and Research
- Ukrainian Engineering Pedagogics Academy
Institute of High Technologies
edit- School of Physics and Technology
- School of Computer Science
- School of Energy Physics
Scientific institutions
edit- Kharkiv University History Museum
- State Natural History Museum of National University of Kharkiv
- The Museum of Archaeology
- The Museum of Astronomy (Hosted by theInstitute of Astronomy)
Notable alumni and professors
edit- Notable alumni of Kharkiv University
Nobel Prize winners
edit- Élie Metchnikoff (Medicine, 1908)
- Lev Landau (Physics, 1962)
- Simon Kuznets[12][13][14][15][16][17] (Economic Sciences, 1971)
Others
edit- Józef Piłsudski, Chief of State of Poland, firstMarshal of Poland
- Boris Gourevitch, author, activist
- Roza Sarkisyan, theatre director
- Sergiy Vilkomir, computer scientist
- Marta Fiedina, synchro swimmer
- Maria Burmaka, singer, musician
- Anton Korobov, chessGrandmaster
- Petr Shatilov, physician
Rectors
edit- 1805—1806, 1808—1811Ivan Rizhsky [uk;ru]
- 1807—1808, 1811—1813Atanasije Stojković
- 1813—1820Timofei Osipovsky
- 1821—1826Vasily Dzhunkovsky [uk;ru]
- 1826—1829, 1833—1836Johan Christian Kroneberg [uk;ru;de]
- 1829—1830Andrej Dudrovich
- 1830—1833Nikolai Yellinsky [uk;ru]
- 1836—1837Vasily Komlishinsky [uk;ru;de]
- 1837—1838Andrey Pavlovsky [uk;ru;de]
- 1839—1841, 1849—1850, 1852—1853Alexey Kunitsyn [uk]
- 1841—1849Petro Hulak-Artemovskyi [uk;ru]
- 1850—1852, 1872—1873Alexander Paliumbetsky [uk;ru]
- 1853—1859Karl Voigt [uk;ru]
- 1859—1862Alexander Roslavsky-Petrovsky [uk;ru]
- 1862—1872Vladimir Kochetov [ru]
- 1873—1881Adolphe Pitra [uk;ru]
- 1881—1884Grigory Tsekhanovetsky [uk;ru]
- 1884—1890Ivan Shchelkov [uk;ru]
- 1890—1899Mikhail Alekseyenko
- 1899—1901Herman Lagermarck [uk;ru;fi]
- 1901—1905Nikolay Kuplevasky [uk;ru]
- 1905—1906Ludwig Reinhard [uk;ru]
- 1906—1911Dmytro Bahalii
- 1912—1918Ivan Netushil [uk;ru]
- 1918—1919Porfiry Pyatnitsky [uk]
- 1919—1920Vladimir Levitsky [uk;ru]
- 1920—1922Anthony-Boniface Psheborskyi [uk]
- 1922—1924Semen Strelbytskyi [uk;ru]
- 1924—1930Myroslav Gavrylov [uk;ru]
Constructivist House of Projects, 1930s before the university moved to it. - 1930—1934Yakov Bludov [uk]
- 1934—1937Oleksiy Neforosny [uk]
- 1937—1938Lazar Gurevich [uk;ru]
- 1938—1941Oleksandr Sazonov
- 1941—1942Andriy Zhelehovskyi [uk]
- 1942—1943Mykhailo Vetukhov [uk]
- 1943Oleksiy Rusko [uk]
- 1943—1945Nikolai Barabashov
- 1945—1960Ivan Bulankin [uk;ru]
- 1960—1966Volodymyr Lavrushyn [uk;ru]
- 1966—1975Volodymyr Hotkevich [uk;ru]
- 1975—1993Ivan Tarapov [uk]
- 1993—1998Svich Vasyl [uk;ru]
- 1998—2021Vil Bakirov [uk;ru]
- 2021—presentTatyana Kaganovska [uk;ru]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^Record of the Jubilee Celebrations of the University of Sydney.Sydney,New South Wales: William Brooks and Co. 1903.ISBN 9781112213304.
- ^Anderson, Peter John (1907).Record of the Celebration of the Quatercentenary of the University of Aberdeen: From 25th to 28th September, 1906.Aberdeen,United Kingdom: Aberdeen University Press (University of Aberdeen).ASIN B001PK7B5G.ISBN 9781363625079.
- ^"Modern university".Karazin University. Archived fromthe original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved14 July 2017.
- ^"25 меценатов сделали пожертвования на восстановление Харьковского университета",Объектив (22 March 2022)
- ^"Russians have completely destroyed Karazin University in Kharkiv",Chytomo (3 April 2022)
- ^"KNU-history - Open University of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv".knu.edu.eu. Retrieved17 May 2022.
- ^Sistek, Scott (25 March 2022)."Massive icicles hang from destroyed Ukrainian school amid nearly week-long freeze".FOX Weather. Retrieved18 April 2022.
- ^McCann, Allison; Gamio, Lazaro; Lu, Denise; Robles, Pablo (17 March 2022)."Russia Is Destroying Kharkiv".The New York Times.ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved18 April 2022.
- ^"World University Rankings". 20 August 2019.
- ^"V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University".Top Universities. Retrieved4 March 2024.
- ^"World University Rankings 2021". Retrieved12 June 2021.
- ^Goldthwaite, Richard; Abramovitz M. (1986)."Association Notes: In Memoriam: Frederic C. Lane 1900-1984, Simon Kuznets 1901-1985".The Journal of Economic History.46 (1):239–246.doi:10.1017/S0022050700045630.JSTOR 2121281.
- ^Weyl, E. Glen (2007)."Simon Kuznets: Cautious Empiricist of the Eastern European Jewish Diaspora"(PDF). Harvard University Society of Fellows; Toulouse School of Economics. p. 8. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 17 October 2013. Retrieved4 February 2012.
- ^University of Kharkiv."Historical background". Retrieved10 April 2014.
- ^Perlman, Mark (2001)."Schumpeter and Schools of Economic Thoughts". In Chaloupek, Günther; Guger, Alois; Nowotny, Ewald; Schwödiauer, Gerhard (eds.).Ökonomie in Theorie und Praxis: Festschrift für Helmut Frisch (in German and English) (German ed.). Springer. p. 286.ISBN 3540422404.
- ^Pressman, Steven (2006).Fifty Major Economists. Routledge. p. 181.ISBN 0415366488.
Simon Kuznets university Kharkov.
- ^Simon, Kuznetz (2011). Weyl, E. Glen; Lo, Stephanie H. (eds.).Jewish Economies: Development and Migration in America and Beyond. Vol. I. Transaction Publishers. p. xix.ISBN 978-1412842112.
External links
edit- Official Website(in English, Ukrainian, French, and Arabic)
- University of Kharkiv atEncyclopedia of Ukraine
- University LibraryArchived 2011-02-24 at theWayback Machine(in English, Ukrainian, and Russian)