Director of the Institute
Yurii Plekan
PhD in History, Assoc. Prof.
Profile
1976–1986 – studies at the Kolomyia secondary school no. 5;
1986–1987 – metalworker at MPMK no. 10 in Kolomyia;
1987–1993 – Faculty of History student at Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi State University; major “History”, teacher of History;
1988–1989 – USSR armed forces conscription service;
1994–2005 – departmental manager of the Kolomyia revenue service local office of the State Tax Administration of Ukraine;
1995–1997 – studies at Ternopil Academy of National Economy, major – Banking and Finance; economist;
1997–2001 – postgraduate studies at the Institute of Ukrainian Archaeography and Source Studies named after Mykhailo Hrushevskyi of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine;
2004 – PhD thesis defence Polish-Ukrainian struggle for the reforming of electoral legislation concerning Austrian Parliament and Galychyna Seym (the end of XX – beginning XX century), with a major in 07.00.02 – World History; thesis adviser – Vasyl Danylenko, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Full Professor, leading research associate at the Institute of Ukrainian Archaeography and Source Studies named after Mykhailo Hrushevskyi of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine;
2012 – awarded the title of Associate Professor;
2005 – Present – Associate Professor of the Socio-Economic and Natural Sciences Department at the Kolomyia Institute of Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathain National University;
2015 – Present – Director of the Kolomyia Institute.
Appraisals and Acknowledgements
2019 – Kolomyia Mayor Honourable Distinction under the Order No. 156-k;
2019 – Order of Merit for the Kolomyia vicinity by the decision of the Head of Kolomyia district state administration and the Head of Kolomyia district council.
Research Interests
History of the Ukrainian Parliamentary System; History of Diplomacy; Polish-Ukrainian Relations (the mid-19th century – the early 20th century).
Contacts:
Kolomyia Institute
8 Lysenko Str.
Kolomyia, Ivano-Frankivsk region
tel. (03433) 2-46-60
mobile number +380968599620
E-mail: yra.plekan@ukr.net / yra.plekan@pnu.edu.ua
Deputy Director for Educational Work
Olha Slypaniuk
PhD in Biology, Assoc. Prof.