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The Ethnology Notebooks, 2018, № 5 (143), 1062—1068

DOI https://doi.org/10.15407/nz2018.05.1062

Received  15.06.2018

OLENA NYKORAK THE RESEARCHER OF UKRAINIAN FOLK ART

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7895-3379

Stelmashchuk Halyna,  doctor in Art Studies, professor,

of the Lviv National Academy of Arts,
Kubiiovycha Street 38, 79011, Lviv, Ukraine.
Contacts: e-mail:g_stelm@ukr.net

Abstrakt. The article dedicated to 70­th anniversary of Olena Nykorak — Ukrainian scientist, doctor of art studies, professor, leading researcher of the Institute of ethnology of NAS of Ukraine, whose scientific heritage makes a significant contribution into native ethnology and art studies.

Keywords: basics of ethnology and art studies, department of folk arts, doctor of art studies, professor, leading researcher of the Institute of Ethnology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

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