Gennadii Kazakevych

• Professor at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

The paper deals with the history of art censorship in the Russian Empire, which started with the reform of 1865 and lasted until the Revolution of 1905 when the restrictive measure was officially abolished. The paper summarizes the legislative measures that were taken by the government to control the distribution and display of the works of fine ar...

The article deals with the early history of photographic industry in Kyiv as a complex cultural phenomenon. Special attention is focused on the portrait photography as a ‘technology of memory’. It involves methods of social history of art, prosopography and visual anthropology. The study is based on the wide scope of archival documents, including t...

In Search for “Friendly Other”: Ireland and Finland in the Ukrainian National Narrative in turn of the 19-20th centuries The concept of otherness is crucial for any national identity, as far as it constitutes the boundaries of belonging to a group. While the Other is typically portrayed as the one that is different and inferior to the Self, the au...

The book is devoted to the Iron Age Celtic presence in South-Eastern Europe. The study is based on the wide range of written and archaeological sources. The concepts of Celtic identity and migrations are re-assessed from the social anthropological point of view. Special attention is paid to the Celtic presence in the territory of today’s Ukraine an...

This paper discusses the devastating impact of the Russo-Ukrainian war on cultural heritage in Ukraine. It highlights the destruction and plundering of cultural sites and artifacts in a broad historical context. The study traces the Russian historical narrative and its connection to state ideology, emphasizing the ideological use of archaeology to...

Despite physical distance and dissimilarities in their pasts, Ireland and Ukraine were rather closely tied in ancient and medieval minds. The Irish were thought to have originated from Scythia while the Vikings and Irish monks established contact between both countries in the tenth century. As both countries were later ruled by foreign powers, both...

The paper deals with the ethnocultural processes that took place in the 3rd century BC – 1st century AD on the territory of Ukraine and neighbouring lands of Central and Eastern Europe. These processes, in particular, have expressed themselves in the emergence of terms ‘Celtoscythians’ and ‘Bastarnae’. The author aims to show that ancient Greeks an...

The paper explores the personality and artistic endeavours of Jozef Kordysz, a professional photographer of Polish-Ukrainian background who worked in Kamianets-Podilskyi and Kyiv during the late nineteenth century. Kordysz is renowned for his photographic expeditions in Podolia and Kyiv regions, as well as his trip to the zone of the Russo-Turkish...

The course provides general knowledge on the earliest stages in the world's art history. It touches upon the origins of arts and visual culture in Prehistory and Early History. The first part of the course is devoted to the art of Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic periods and Bronze Age of Europe. It also discusses Ancient Egyptian art and arch...

The origin and widespread of ethnic and cultural entities, such as the Celts, Germans, Slavs, Scythians etc. remain an essential problem for both archaeologists and linguists. The article reassesses the main concepts of the Iron Age Celtic origin, including the traditional “Celts from Central Europe” approach, “the Celts from West” hypothesis, as w...

The article deals with the iconography of the Celtic coins which come from the South-Eastern Europe. Main attention is paid to the coins found in the Trans-Carpathian region of Ukraine. The aim of this article is to shed light on symbolism of the Celtic coins, in particular on a horse-rider figure on the reverse of these coins. Research methodology...

Метою дослідження є розгляд історії становлення державного регулювання обороту фотографічних зображень в Російській імперії і виявлення особливостей його застосування на практиці. Для опису основних механізмів державної політики Росії щодо фотографічного справи використані традиційні принципи і методи історичного дослідження, такі як історизм, сист...

The article is devoted to the O'Connor family, which played a noticeable role in the Ukrainian history of the 19 – early 20th centuries. A founder of the family Alexander O'Connor leaved Ireland in the late 18th century. The author assumes that he was a military man who had to emigrate from Ireland shortly after the Irish rebellion of 1798. After s...

The studies on the Iron Age Celtic warfare usually tend to put together three types of data: Greek and Roman literary sources, iconographic artefacts as well as the archaeological materials. In reality, we have at least two different images of the Celtic warfare. The Classical historians and artisans who pursued some political aims describing the C...