General information about the lecturer
V. Baran was born in 1953. He graduated from Lutsk secondary school № 1 in 1973. He studied at the Faculty of History in Lesya Ukrainka Lutsk State Pedagogical Institute in 1973–1977, which he graduated with honors. He was called up for military service in 1977–1979.
Practical activity
V. Baran was an assistant in 1984–1991 in Lesya Ukrainka Lutsk State Pedagogical Institute. In 1979–1986 – researcher, senior researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR.
He became a senior lecturer at Lesya Ukrainka Lutsk State Pedagogical Institute in 1986, soon later – Associate Professor. Since 1992 – Professor at the Department of History of Slavic Peoples of Lesya Ukrainka Volyn State University, in 1993–2001 – Head of this Department.
Since 2002 – Professor (an academic title) of Lesya Ukrainka Volyn State University.
In 1998–2005 – Vice-Rector for Humanitarian Affairs of Lesya Ukrainka Volyn State University.
In 2001–2010 – Head of the Department of Contemporary History of Ukraine.
In 2010–2020 – Head of the Department of Modern and Contemporary History of Ukraine.
Since 2020 – Head of the Department of History of Ukraine and Archeology.
Training courses
- Totalitarian systems in the ХХ century: sources, theory and political practice.
- Soviet totalitarianism: genesis and functioning.
- Contemporary history of Ukraine.
- Current issues of the history of Ukraine.
- History of Soviet society.
- Ukraine in 1939–1941: government and society.
Research interests
Contemporary history of Ukraine (middle of the ХХ – beginning of the ХХ centuries).
Scientific school (postgraduate students)
He created historical school. He is the research supervisor of many scientists including:
- Korneyko A.O. Socio-political development of Ukraine in 1953−1964 (based on materials from the western regions) (1999).
- Borshchevych V. T. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Volyn in the 20s-40s of the XX century. (2000).
- Filipovych M.B. Lutsk «Prosvita» (1918−1935) (2002).
- Tysky M. G. People's movement of Ukraine (Narodnyi rukh Ukrainy): Volyn regional organization at the crossroads of the 80s and 90s (2005).
- Morenchuk A. A. Religious processes in Ukraine in 1953−1964 (based on materials from the western regions) (2006).
- Siruk N. M. Political control of the totalitarian state over the cultural and scientific sphere of Ukraine (second half of the 40s – beginning of the 50s of the XX century) (2008).
- Tokarsky V.V. Political repressions in the western regions of Ukraine in 1939–1941 (2011).
- Kuzmych O. M. Labor migration of citizens of Ukraine to the Republic of Poland in 1991–2008 (based on materials from the Volyn region) (2012).
- Pavlovich O. V. Cultural life in the western lands of Ukraine in 1939–1941 (2013).
- Savytska I. S. Everyday life of the population of Ukraine (1964–1985) (2015).
- Husak D. G. Development of the economy of the Volyn region in the second half of the 60s - the first half of the 80s of the XX century. (2015).
- Zek B. M. Lutsk during the Nazi occupation (1941–1944) (2016).
Awards
Diplomas of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, the Volyn Regional Council, the Volyn Regional State Administration,
Badge «Excellent in Education of Ukraine» (1998), Honorary title «Honored Worker of Science and Engineering of Ukraine» (2018).
Scientific publications
1. Ukraine after Stalin: Essay on History 1953–1985. Lviv, 1992. 124 p.
2. Ukraine in the 1950s and 1960s: the Evolution of the Totalitarian System. Lviv, 1996. 448 p.
3. Ukraine in the Circumstances of a Systemic Crisis (1946–1980s). Ukraine through the ages. Vol. 13. Kyiv, 1999. 304 p.
4. Ukraine: Contemporary History (1945−1991). Lviv, 2003. 670 p.
5. History of Ukraine of 1945–1953. Lviv, 2005. 184 p.
6. Ukraine: Western Lands: 1939–1941. Lviv, 2009. 448 p.
7. «Purge» («Zachystka»): Political Repression in the Western Regions of Ukraine in 1939–1941. Lviv, 2014. 456 p.
Contacts
43021, Lutsk, Shopen street, 24 (building D)
E-mail: baranv@ukr.net.
0332 248030
