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The Ethnology Notebooks. 2024. № 5 (179), 999—1006

UDK 39(477)(092):729-035.3(477+478)

DOI https://doi.org/10.15407/

«SCIENTIFIC WORK MOTIVATES ME!…» (TO THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTHDAY OF SCIENTIST YAROSLAV TARAS)

BALAHUTRAK Mykola

  • ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2041-8773
  • Candidate of Historical Sciences, Senior Researcher,
  • Institute of Ethnology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine,
  • Department of Modern Ethnology
  • 15 Svoboda Avenue, 79000, Lviv, Ukraine
  • Contacts: e-mail: balahutrak@ukr.net

Abstract. Relevance of the topic. This publication is dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the birth of the famous Ukrainian scientist  — ethnologist, architect and teacher of the Higher School of Prof. Yaroslav Taras.

The object of research is the most significant periods of the scientist’s scientific activity.

The subject of the research is the scientific and organizational activity of Yaroslav Taras as the head of the department of modern ethnology of the Institute of Ethnology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the researcher’s scientific heritage: in the field of traditional material and spiritual culture of Ukrainians; sacred wooden architecture of Ukraine and Moldova; traditional household culture of Ukrainians in the radioactively contaminated territories of Chornobyl Polissia in 1994-2003.

The purpose of the article is to highlight the scientific activity of the famous architect, ethnologist, laureate of the National Award in the field of architecture, corresponding member of the Ukrainian Academy of Architecture, professor of the Lviv Polytechnic National University, doctor of historical sciences, head of the modern ethnology department of the Institute of Ethnology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Yaroslav Taras, who dedicated his life to the study of Ukrainian culture in its broadest manifestations.

The conclusions note the important results of scientific and practical research of the scientist, which make it possible to solve a number of complex architectural and ethnographic problems on the ethnogenesis of Ukrainian sacred wooden architecture, as well as the well-deserved recognition of the many years of research work of the scientist and active scientific activity in the field of ethnology, his significant contribution to the development of domestic academic science and on the occasion of the anniversary — Honors of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine «For Professional Achievements», «For Preparation of Scientific Change», «For Scientific Achievements» and Certificates of Honor of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Certificates of Honor of the Ministry from emergency situations, laureate of the State Prize in the field of architecture (2009), certificates of the Institute of Theory and History of Architecture of the Lviv Polytechnic National University, but it is most appreciated by his close ethnologist colleagues.

Keywords: ethnology, sacred architecture, folk architecture, Yaroslav Taras, Institute of Ethnology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv Polytechnic National University.

Received 5.10.2024

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