batch_1777354058 20260428082738000 National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Institute of Encyclopedic Research esu@esu.com.ua National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Institute of Encyclopedic Research Entsyklopedychnyi visnyk Ukrainy [The Encyclopedia Herald of Ukraine] Entsykl. visn. Ukr. 2706-9990 2707-000X 2023 15 Oksana Yurkova NASU Institute of History of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1962-6161 The author’s twenty-year experience in illustrating the multi-volume historical publishing project “Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine”, which is coordinated by the Institute of History of Ukraine of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the “Naukova Dumka” publishing house, is highlighted. The initial stage of the work at the threshold of the millennium and its features are described in detail. The author’s focus is on the process of identifying various types of illustrative (iconographic) materials in archives, museums and libraries and related difficulties; creation of a database of illustrations; cooperation of the illustrator with the publishing house. Methodological problems that arose during the illustration (in particular, related to the publication of visual sources and verification of visual sources) are analyzed. The author emphasizes that the work of an illustrator of a historical encyclopedia, although it looks easy, is actually difficult, responsible and requires a number of professional, technical, and communication skills. 2023 95 104 10.37068/evu.15.9 https://evu.encyclopedia.kyiv.ua/article/115 https://evu.encyclopedia.kyiv.ua/doi/10.37068/evu.15.9.pdf Hromenko, S. (2014, 21 Aug.). Pakt Molotova-Ribbentropa: koly Vikipediia pomyliaiet’sia. Foto [The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact: When Wikipedia Gets It Wrong]. Istorychna Pravda. https://www.istpravda.com.ua/artefacts/2014/08/21/144119/ [in Ukrainian]. Skalsky, V. (2017, 31 Jan.). Fotodzherela: ne plutaty pokhoron zhertv bil’shovykiv ta pokhoron heroiv Krut (berezen’1918 r.) [Photo sources: do not confuse the funerals of Bolshevik victims with the funerals of Kruty heroes (March 1918)]. LikBez. Istorychnyj front. http://likbez.org.ua/ua/ukrayinska-fotodzherela-ne-plutati-pohoron-zhertv-bilshovikiv-ta-pohoron-geroyiv-krut-berezen-1918-r.html [in Ukrainian]. Smolii, V., Boriak, H. (2014). “Entsyklopediia istorii Ukrainy” ta suchasna ukrains’ka entsyklopedystyka [“Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine” and modern Ukrainian encyclopedia studies]. Ukrainian Historical Journal, 4, 4–16 [in Ukrainian]. Smolii, V., Boriak, H., Verstiuk, V., et al. (Eds.). (2011). Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine (vol. 8). Kyiv: The NASU Institute of History of Ukraine, Naukova dumka [in Ukrainian]. Smolii, V., Kulchytsky, S., Verstiuk, V., et al. (Eds.). (2007). Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine (vol. 4). Kyiv: The NASU Institute of History of Ukraine, Naukova dumka [in Ukrainian]. Smolii, V., Kulchytsky, S., Verstiuk, V., et al. (Eds.). (2008). Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine (vol. 5). Kyiv: The NASU Institute of History of Ukraine, Naukova dumka [in Ukrainian]. 10.37068/ue.2013.21 Tarasiuk, V. The database of The Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine, its main components and functions. In Proceedings of the 3-d International Conference on Ukrainian Encyclopedia Studies (pp. 163-170). Kyiv: NASU Institute of Encyclopedic Research. https://doi.org/10.37068/ue.2013.21 [in Ukrainian]. Yurkova, O. (2016, 16 Nov.). Ni, tse ne fotohrafii zhertv Holodomoru v Ukraini 1932–1933 rr. [No, these are not photos of the Holodomor victims in Ukraine in 1932–1933]. LikBez. Istorychnyj front. https://likbez.org.ua/ua/net-eto-ne-fotografii-zhertv-golodomora-v-ukraine-1932-1933-gg.html [in Ukrainian].