History

In Ukraine it celebrates the Day of the rescuer at 17 of September defined by the Decree of the President of Ukraine.

Flag as a symbol, first as a means of signaling, originated in ancient times. It was first used in Europe and spread to the Ukrainian lands in the Middle Ages. A piece of cloth attached to the spear, pointing to the place of gathering of warriors most often was considered as a flag.

197 years since the birth and 150 years since the death of  Taras Shevchenko has passed in March.

The mention of the Great Patriotic War for every person causes his/her own associations. For someone it is destroyed cities and burned villages, for others − a constant hunger and deprivation or − the loss of loved ones. But there are associations that are common to all, regardless of age.

Every year at the end of April many people from all over our planet especially from Ukraine, Belarus and Russia remember those terrible spring days of 1986 when the huge territories with the unique plant and animal life suddenly became bereft of life. And one of the first among them was Pripyat.

Researcher of life and creativity of Taras Shevchenko P.

In the 110-year history of the KPI cooperation with the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine is one of the key traditions. Prominent scientists of the Academy, who at the same time worked at the Academy of Sciences and in the KPI, always formed the content of this co-operation.

About 20-30 years ago, KPI students were studying not only Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Theoretical mechanics or “Machines details”.

About Ukrainian poetess Olena Teliga (Shovhenova), we know very little. For a long time her name was buried with the body in a mass grave, hidden under Soviet ideological restrictions and controls, unfair erased from people's memory.