I. G. Savchuk

• PhD
• Senior Researcher at School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences

Before the war, Ukraine was one of the largest grain producers in the world and the aggression caused significant disruptions to its export. The question arises whether and to what extent the war caused changes in territorial production differences and sales abroad. Therefore, the article consists of two parts: analysis of Ukrainian grain productio...

The question of the impact of positive radical transformations of small ports in large ports due to the war is not well studied in transport geography. An analysis of the theoretical approach to the positive impact of the development of small ports during a war has enabled me to distinguish two variants of these transformations – a rapid increase i...

Après le lancement de la Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), les échanges ferroviaires conteneurisés entre la Chine et l’Europe ont connu une croissance soutenue. Ce projet emblématique des « nouvelles routes de la Soie » a toutefois été récemment confronté à deux « chocs externes », la pandémie de Covid-19 en 2020 puis l’invasion de l’Ukraine par l’ar...

This article analyzes the strong links between the development of Ukrainian cereal production and the national transport as it has developed over the 2010 – 2020 period. Controlled by the agro-holdings, cereals have indeed become a key export product for the country, transforming profoundly its agricultural geography according to regional accessibi...

Мета — розкрити наукові гносеологічну специфіку сучасної геоісторії. Методологія дослідження. Показано теоретико-методологічні особливості концепції економічних експортних циклів розвитку країни, географічного періоду, хорем і хоротипів. Їх упровадження у вітчизняні дослідження просторово-часових закономірностей суспільного розвитку, особливо з поз...

Container rail transportation between China and Europe A flagship BRI project in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine After the launching of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the development of container rail transportation spurred trade between China and Europe. This emblematic project for developing New Silk Roads has re...

In this paper, the phenomenon of suburbanization in Ukraine is considered for the first time on the example of cottage settlements of the capital region. The issue of cottage settlements has not been studied specifically in Ukrainian human geography. A review of the achievements of foreign colleagues has revealed that they are mainly being studied...

The large-scale war, which began on February 24, 2022, divided the history of independent Ukraine into two parts. The enemy attacked along the common state border. The offensive in the south on the Taurid section of the front had a special place. The formation of a large military group on the territory of the annexed Crimea would not have been poss...

Мета статті – визначення основних теоретичних та методологічних підходів геоісторії. Для цього було поставлено такі завдання: розкриття суті епістемології цього міждисциплінарного напряму за часів її заснування; стислий аналіз основних праць Ф.Броделя, П.Шоню, Е. Ле Руа Ладюрі, Ж. Ле Ґоффа. Методологія в дослідженні міждисциплінарних наукових напря...

The article is devoted to the created in 1941 German-language cartographic work on Ukraine (“Handschrift-Karten zur Geschichte, Volkstumskunde und Wirtschaft der Ukraine”), known as the Historical Atlas of Ukraine. It is believed that its author is a famous geographer, encyclopedist Volodymyr Kubiiovych. However, there is reason to assume that V. K...

Ukrainian government faces several challenges in the energy sector including the 1) long-term problem of hazardous emissions from aging Soviet built thermal and nuclear power plants unable to meet European safety standards; 2) lack of access to coal to support electricity production due to mine locations outside of their jurisdiction; and 3) slow g...

Nowadays, the world’s leading cities are focused on the Smart City concept, due to the widespreading of innovations that enhance quality of life. The need for sustainable development for the harmonious prolongation of the humanity existence raises attention to attempts for improving the economic, social and environmental conditions. Among the modes...

Nowadays, the world’s leading cities are focused on the Smart City concept, due to the widespreading of innovations that enhance quality of life. The need for sustainable development for the harmonious prolongation of the humanity existence raises attention to attempts for improving the economic, social and environmental conditions. Among the modes...

The role of prerequisites in the development of the transport infrastructure of the capital of Ukraine is revealed. The author formulated methodological approaches to them. A comprehensive geographical description of the prerequisites for the development of the transport infrastructure of the Kyiv city agglomeration was carried out. It has been est...

The Ukrainian economy is export-oriented. Therefore, the supply of goods abroad is important. This article examines the importance of Uzbekistan in the export of Ukraine.

The article highlights the main scientific approaches to the study of spatial and temporality development of economic activity, and features of the study of economic activity in the territory of modern Ukraine from the positions of the corresponding scientific schools are revealed. The sequence of occurrence of different scientific approaches and t...

Main trends of iron ore materials export of Ukraine have been revealed. The role and importance of factors of the development of the extractive industry companies have been presented.

Hesitations of Ukraine between integration to the East or to the West caused each time the radical change of the direction of the priority relations of Ukrzaliznytsya. Analysis of the main trends in the contemporary development of Ukraine's rail transport showed that since the independence of Ukraine total passenger traffic has declined sharply, ex...

The purpose of a research is the economic-geographical analysis of the modern spatial organization of tramway transport in the capital of Ukraine. The history of the formation of the tramway system in Kyiv was traced; the value of the tramway connection in the modern system of urban transport of the capital was shown; the determination of the main...

The role of foreign economic relations in the formation of metropolitan regions is disclosed. The author defines the main existing theoretical and methodological approaches to their study within the leading national geographical schools of different countries of the world and presents the definitions of the concepts “metropolis”, “metropolitan regi...

Geopolitics directly affects the state and level of development of the international railway communication of Ukraine. The evidence of this is the political and military events of recent years, which have led to fundamental changes in the direction and structure of passenger transportation in the international railway communication of the state. Th...

FRENCH FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN UKRAINEThe purpose of the paper is to reveal the geographical aspects of the prevalence of French direct investment in Ukraine in the years 2000s. For this, the analysis focuses on the role and the importance of France among the leading investor countries in the Ukrainian economy, and on the influence of geopolit...

Geostrategic aspect of passenger high-speed railway communication is an important element of the national defense strategy. The use of this mode of transport creates new opportunities for moving troops and at the same time gives rise to certain problems with the placement of the respective units of the armed forces of the country. The questions of...

To describe the features of the Ukrainian big cities participation in inter-state relations (as of 01.07.2014). On the basis of the proposed study methodological apparatus author has been proved functions of urban interstate typing to identify the geographical features of their appearance in the big cities of Ukraine. Author allocated cities’ types...

In 2007 139 international passenger trains and 76 non-stop cars passed through the country. Under the infl uence of the historical inertia all the major cities of Ukraine have the international passenger rail service primarily to cities of Russia, mainly Moscow. Transit trains follow from north to south for the transport of Russians on holiday to t...

The article discusses the concept of dacha, specifics of dacha study in Soviet and post-Soviet times, a variety of types of dachas depending on the character of buildings and use of garden plots. The evolution of dachas from the beginning of the 20th century until today is analyzed. The causes of the mass development of dachas in the USSR and post-...

The analysis of existing methodological approaches to classification of the international functions of cities showed that there is no common understanding of the principles and criteria for their selection in social geography. In Ukraine, such studies are not developed and primarily focused on the role of the state capital. Globalization processes...

In this paper the role of railway network of Transcarpathia (Zakarpatt ia) in the international transport connections of Ukraine is investigated. The geopolitical importance and favourable transit location of this region within Ukraine along the international boundaries with Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, is well-known. The paper first focuses on t...

The concept of a dacha, the specificity of the study of dachas in Soviet and post-Soviet times, and the variety of dacha types depending on the type of building and on the use of garden plots are discussed in this article. The evolution of dachas from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day is analyzed. The causes of the mass distribut...

Study of contemporary international features of one of the leading cities in Ukraine - Dnipropetrovsk to identify their spatial features. On the basis of the proposed methodological apparatus of the study was justified use of appropriate indicators for the quantitative measurement of various international functions of the city in modern Ukrainian r...

The paper defines the idea of capitalness, describes types of capitals in different countries, and outlines the typical aspects of Russia’s capital. Differences between industrial and postindustrial cities are also laid out, with an emphasis on the main features of the latter and the specifics of postindustrial cities in Russia and Ukraine. The not...

The main processes of city network formation and urbanization process development in Ukraine have been analyzed. The leading factors of the country's city socioeconomic condition transformation have been presented. The significance of the cities-centers of interregional settlement systems (metropolises) in the settlement system has been shown. Spec...

Various theoretical and methodological concepts of regional development from the standpoint of polycentrism have been analysed. The results of regional policy implementation in European developed countries have been revealed. The importance of new towns in formation of positive economic dynamics as well as formation of the new relationships between...

This is the first attempt to make such an atlas for the Dniester river basin. It includes 43 thematic basin maps (from physical and climatic maps to the maps of anthropogenic impact and vulnerability of the hydrographic basins). The publication will be a source book for environmentalists, specialists from the environmental inspectorates, agencies f...

The special features of the use of non-traditional mapping methods in thematic mapping of international passenger railway communication are shown. The important role of GIS-technologies and databases in the creation of respective cartographic models – cartoids and anamorphoses is underlined. Their importance for the research of international passen...

The modern approaches to definition of productive, information and finance potentials of a region are analysed and the author’s definitions of these conceptions are given. The methodology of research of productive, information and finance potentials of a region under current conditions of Ukraine is grounded. The economic-geographical analysis of e...

This paper analyses the significant role of the monuments of historical districts of two major cities in Russia and Ukraine in perception of their images by people. Certain historical monuments and artifacts of Odessa and St. Petersburg have been used by official ideology and propaganda in creating of clear associations-clichés. It has been achieve...

This paper analyses the significant role of the monuments of historical districts of two major cities in Russia and Ukraine in perception of their images by people. Certain historical monuments and artifacts of Odessa and St. Petersburg have been used by official ideology and propaganda in creating of clear associations-clichés. It has been achieve...

The article carries out the comparative analysis of the structural reconstruction processes in the iron&steel industries of Russia and Ukraine for the period after the Soviet split and opposed to changes in this industry in the rest of the world; key sources and reasons of the competitiveness level decrease of the iron&steel products of the mention...