List of National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy people

This is a list of notable people associated with the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (NaUKMA), a public research university located in Kyiv, Ukraine. Students, alumni and faculty members of the university and all its predecessor institutions including Kyiv Brotherhood School (KBS), Kyiv-Mohyla Collegium (KMC), Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (KMA) and Kyiv Theological Academy (KTA) are included in this list.

Many students and professors of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in XVII and XVIII centuries pursued many activities except church career. They were often also writers, philosophers, theologicians and educators in a broad sense. This is indicated in the list where appropriate.

Contents

Religion

Name Relationship to the university Notability Reference
Kosiv, SylvestrSylvestr Kosiv professor of KMC Metropolitan of Kiev, writer. [1]
Bănulescu-Bodoni, GavrilGavril Bănulescu-Bodoni student of KMA Metropolitan of Moldavia (1792), Metropolitan of Kherson and Crimea (1793–1799), Metropolitan of Kiev and Halych (1799–1803), Exarch of Moldo-Wallachia (1806–1812), and Metropolitan of Chişinău (1812–1821). [2]
I, MacariusMacarius I student, professor of KTA Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna. [3]
Munteanu, NicodimNicodim Munteanu student of KTA Patriarch of All Romania. [4]
Yavorsky, StephenStephen Yavorsky student of KMA Metropolitan archbishop of Ryazan and Murom, first president of the Most Holy Synod, writer. [1]
Prokopovich, FeofanFeofan Prokopovich student, professor, rector of KMA Metropolitan archbishop of Novgorod and Velykolutsk, philosopher, writer. [5]
Rostov, Dimitry ofDimitry of Rostov student of KMA Metropolitan archbishop of Rostov. [6]
Slavinetsky, EpifanyEpifany Slavinetsky student, professor of KMA Ecclesiastical expert of the Russian Orthodox Church. [7]
Velichkovsky, PaisiusPaisius Velichkovsky student of KMA The founder of modern Eastern Orthodox staretsdom, writer, philosopher. [7]
Constantius I student of KMA Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople in 1830-1834. [7]
Puiu, VisarionVisarion Puiu student of KTA Metropolitan bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Church. [8]
Zaborovsky, RafailRafail Zaborovsky student of KMA Metropolitan of Kyiv, Galychyna and All-Rus'. [9]
Adrian, PatriarchPatriarch Adrian student of KMC Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. [10]

Politics

Hetmans of Ukraine

Name Relationship to the university Notability Reference
Mazepa, IvanIvan Mazepa student of KMA Grand Hetman of the Left-bank Ukraine in 1687–1708. [11]
Orlyk, PylypPylyp Orlyk student of KMA Ukrainian Hetman in exile, author of one of the first state constitutions in Europe. [12]
Polubotok, PavloPavlo Polubotok student of KMA Hetman of the Left-bank Ukraine in 1722-1724. [13]
Samoylovych, IvanIvan Samoylovych student of KMA Hetman of Left-bank Ukraine in 1672-1687. [7]
Vyhovsky, IvanIvan Vyhovsky student of KMA Hetman of the Ukrainian Cossacks in 1657-1659. [14]
Skoropadsky, IvanIvan Skoropadsky student of KMA Hetman of the Ukrainian Cossacks in 1708–1722. [7]
Khmelnytsky, YuriiYurii Khmelnytsky student of KMA Hetman of Ukraine in 1659-1660 and 1678–1681. [7]

Other prominent political figures

Name Relationship to the university Notability Reference
Bezborodko, AlexanderAlexander Bezborodko student of KMA Grand Chancellor of Russia. [15]
Troshchynskyi, DmytroDmytro Troshchynskyi student of KMA Minister of justice of Russia in 1814. [16]
Zavadivskyi, PetroPetro Zavadivskyi student of KMA Minister of education in Russia in 1802. [7]
Holovaty, AntinAntin Holovaty student of KMA Founder of the Black Sea Cossack Host. [7]
Yefremov, SerhiySerhiy Yefremov student of KTU Secretary of International Affairs for Ukraine. [17]
Tomenko, MykolaMykola Tomenko professor of NaUKMA Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine in the first cabinet of Yulia Tymoshenko. [18]
Shevchenko (politician), AndriyAndriy Shevchenko (politician) student of NaUKMA Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. [19]
Vannykova, IrynaIryna Vannykova student of NaUKMA Press-secretary of the President of Ukraine Viktor Yuschenko. [20]

Arts and Music

Name Relationship to the university Notability Reference
Hryhorovych-Barskyi, IvanIvan Hryhorovych-Barskyi student of KMA Architect who worked in the Ukrainian baroque style. [21]
Berezovsky, MaksymMaksym Berezovsky student of KMA Composer, opera singer and violinist. [22]
Vedel, ArtemyArtemy Vedel student of KMA Composer, conductor, singer and violinist. [7]
Bortniansky, DmytroDmytro Bortniansky student of KMA Composer, conductor, singer. [7]
Levitzky, DmitryDmitry Levitzky student of KMA Portrait painter. [7]
Koshyts, OleksanderOleksander Koshyts student of KTA Composer, choral conductor, arranger. [23]

Literature

Name Relationship to the university Notability Reference
of Polotsk, SymeonSymeon of Polotsk student of KMA Belarusian-Russian poet, dramatist, churchman, and enlightener who laid the groundwork for the development of modern Russian literature. [7]
Rajić, JovanJovan Rajić student of KMA Serbian writer, historian and pedagogue. [24]
Mateevici, AlexeiAlexei Mateevici student of KTA Moldavian poet. [25]
Sokolyan, MarynaMaryna Sokolyan student of NaUKMA Contemporary Ukrainian writer. [26]

Natural sciences

Name Relationship to the university Notability Reference
Lomonosov, MikhailMikhail Lomonosov student of KMA Russian scientist, writer and polymath. [27]
Falkovskyi, IryneyIryney Falkovskyi student, rector of KMA Mathematician, astronomer, historian, writer, bishop of Chyhyryn, Smolensk and Dorogobuzk. [7]

Humanities and social sciences

Name Relationship to the university Notability Reference
Smotrytsky, MeletiusMeletius Smotrytsky rector, professor of KBS Linguist, writer, archbishop of Polotsk, Vitebsk and Mstislav. [7]
Skovoroda, HryhoriHryhori Skovoroda student of KMA Philosopher, poet and singer. [28]
Velychko, SamiyloSamiylo Velychko student of KMA Historian, author of the Cossack Chronicle. [7]
Yurkevych, PamphilPamphil Yurkevych student, professor of KTA Philosopher. [29]
Gizel, InnokentiyInnokentiy Gizel rector, student of KMC Historian. [30]
Mace, JamesJames Mace professor of NaUKMA American historian and prominent researcher of Holodomor. [31]

Other

Name Relationship to the university Notability Reference
Bryukhovetskyi, VyacheslavVyacheslav Bryukhovetskyi president, professor of NaUKMA Initiator of reestablishment and the first president of NaUKMA, Hero of Ukraine. [32]
Prokopovych, PetroPetro Prokopovych student of KMA Founder of commercial beekeeping. [33]
Tarabakin, DmytroDmytro Tarabakin student of NaUKMA Director, Head of Trading and Domestic Sales of "Dragon Capital". [34]

Fictional people

Name Relationship to the university Notability Reference
Bulba, AndriyAndriy Bulba NA Character in Nikolai Gogol's "Taras Bulba". [35]
Bulba, OstapOstap Bulba NA Character in Nikolai Gogol's "Taras Bulba". [35]

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Encyclopedia of Ukraine on Sylvestr Kosiv". http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages\K\O\KosivSylvestr.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-04. 
  2. ^ "Gavril Bănulescu-Bodoni". http://biserica.org/WhosWho/DTR/B/GavriilBanulescu.html. Retrieved 2008-05-12. (Romanian)
  3. ^ "Makariy Bulgakov". http://ortho-rus.ru/cgi-bin/ps_file.cgi?2_1127. Retrieved 2008-07-19. (Russian)
  4. ^ "Patriarhul Nicodim Munteanu". http://www.patriarh.ro/Nicodim/repere.php. Retrieved 2008-05-12. (Romanian)
  5. ^ "Teofan Prokopovych in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine". http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?AddButton=pages\P\R\ProkopovychTeofan.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-29. 
  6. ^ "Encyclopedia of Ukraine on Dymytrii Rostovsky". http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?AddButton=pages\T\U\TuptaloDymytrii.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-04. 
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Briukhovets’kyi, V. et al. (eds). (2001). Kyievo-Mohylians’ka akademiia v imenakh, XVII–XVIII st: Entsyklopedychne vydannia. Kyiv: Publishing House "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy". ISBN 966-518-132-7. (Ukrainian)
  8. ^ "Mitropolitul Visarion Puiu". http://www.ortodoxia.de/html/mitropolitul_visarion_puiu.html. Retrieved 2008-05-12.  (Romanian)
  9. ^ "Encyclopedia of Ukraine on Rafail Zaborovsky". http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?AddButton=pages\Z\A\ZaborovskyRafail.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-08. 
  10. ^ Omeljan Pritsak and Ihor Sevcenko, eds. "The Kiev Mohyla Academy (Commemorating the 350th Anniversary of Its Founding, 1632-1982)." Harvard Ukrainian Studies. vol. VIII, no. 1/2. Cambridge, MA, 1985. P. 83.
  11. ^ "Encyclopedia of Ukraine on Ivan Mazepa". http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?AddButton=pages\M\A\MazepaIvan.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-07. 
  12. ^ "Encyclopedia of Ukraine on Pylyp Orlyk". http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?AddButton=pages\O\R\OrlykPylyp.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-07. 
  13. ^ "Encyclopedia of Ukraine on Pavlo Polubotok". http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?AddButton=pages\P\O\PolubotokPavlo.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-07. 
  14. ^ "Encyclopedia of Ukraine on Ivan Vyhovsky". http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?AddButton=pages\V\Y\VyhovskyIvan.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-07. 
  15. ^ "Encyclopedia of Ukraine on Oleksander Bezborodko". http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?AddButton=pages\B\E\BezborodkoOleksander.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-08. 
  16. ^ "List of Public Prosecutors of Russia (Russian)". http://alprosv.narod.ru/iq/prok.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-08. 
  17. ^ Serhiy Yefremov
  18. ^ "People's Deputy of Ukraine Mykola Tomenko (Ukrainian)". http://gska2.rada.gov.ua/pls/site/p_deputat?d_id=5415. Retrieved 2008-03-08. 
  19. ^ "People's Deputy of Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko (Ukrainian)". http://gska2.rada.gov.ua/pls/site/p_deputat?d_id=8884. Retrieved 2008-03-08. 
  20. ^ "NaUKMA alumni 2001 (Ukrainian)". http://www.ukma.kiev.ua/ua/alumni/about/2001/index.php. Retrieved 2008-03-08. 
  21. ^ "Encyclopedia of Ukraine on Ivan Hryhorovych-Barskyi". http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkPath=pages\H\R\Hryhorovych6BarskyIvan.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-08. 
  22. ^ "Encyclopedia of Ukraine on Maksym Berezovsky". http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?AddButton=pages\B\E\BerezovskyMaksym.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-08. 
  23. ^ "Oleksander Koshyts - famous conductor". http://www.rius.kiev.ua/Oleksandr_Kowuc. Retrieved 2008-07-19. (Ukrainian)
  24. ^ "Biography of Jovan Rajić (Serbian)". http://www.antikvarne-knjige.com/biografije/jovan_rajic/jovan_rajic_biografija.html. Retrieved 2008-03-27. 
  25. ^ "Alexei Mateevici - a saver of the language (Russian)". http://www.photo.md/news_info.php?news_id=1040&lang=rus. Retrieved 2008-07-29. 
  26. ^ "NaUKMA - 2002 (Ukrainian)". http://www.ukma.kiev.ua/ua/alumni/about/2002/index.php. Retrieved 2007-09-22. 
  27. ^ "A. I. L'vovich-Kostritsa, Mikhail Lomonosov His Life and Literary Activity (Russian)". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20070927033714/http://ssga.ru/erudites_info/peoples/lomonosov/part01.html. Retrieved 2007-08-17. 
  28. ^ "Encyclopedia of Ukraine on Hryhorii Skovoroda". http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?AddButton=pages\S\K\SkovorodaHryhorii.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-04. 
  29. ^ "Pamphil Danylovych Yurkevych in ukrainian wikipedia". http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AE%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%84%D1%96%D0%BB_%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87. Retrieved 2008-08-01. (Ukrainian)
  30. ^ "Encyclopedia of Ukraine on Innkentii Gizel". http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkPath=pages\G\I\GizelInnokentii.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-04. 
  31. ^ "James Mace at NaUKMA (Ukrainian)". http://www.library.ukma.kiev.ua/index.php?id=220. Retrieved 2008-03-04. 
  32. ^ "President of NaUKMA V.S. Bryukhovetsky (Ukrainian)". http://www.ukma.kiev.ua/ua/general/president/brjuh/. Retrieved 2007-12-29. 
  33. ^ "Biography of Petro Prokopovych". http://beekeeping.com.ua/html_en/prokopovych_en.html. Retrieved 2007-12-10. 
  34. ^ "Dragon Capital". http://www.dragon-capital.com/en/about-us/management. Retrieved 2007-12-10. 
  35. ^ a b "Taras Bulba by N. Gogol". http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext98/taras10.txt. Retrieved 2007-09-01. 

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