The Encyclopedia Herald of Ukraine
    Annual for encyclopedia studies. Published by Institute of Encyclopedic Research, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, since 2009
    ISSN: 2706-9990 (print)
    ISSN: 2707-000X (online)
    DOI: 10.37068/evu

    The Encyclopedia Herald of Ukraine is an open-access, academic annaul with a special focus on the study of encyclopedias within the contexts of history, culture, language, communication, information, publishing, technology, etc.

    The Journal was founded as a platform for discussing the issues of building the Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine. Today, however, it serves as a scholarly forum for presenting research that contributes theoretical or practical value to the encyclopedia industry. A primary mission of the Journal is to encourage academic approaches in encyclopedic practice, fostering the active and effective application of reliable knowledge for social advancement in Ukraine and worldwide.

    The Journal is published annually in December and currently welcomes submissions for its 17th volume (more about Journal).


    Volume 1 • Table of Contents

    • Project report
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    Encyclopedia of Ukraine

    Arkadii Zhukovskyi

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    An overview of the fundamental multi-volume reference work titled as Encyclopedia of Ukraine, which was builded by Ukrainian emigrants outside Ukraine in the middle and second half of the 20th century, is offered.
    • Project report
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    Encyclopedia of Ukraine in English and its heritor, www.encyclopediaofukraine.com

    Roman Senkus

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    The English-language "Encyclopedia of Ukraine" was builded in 5 large-format volumes (a total of 4,320 pages) during 1984-1993. It was published by the University of Toronto publishing house for the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, the Shevchenko Scientific Society in Western Europe, and the Canadian Foundation for Ukrainian Studies. The article is devoted to the overview of this encyclopedia.
    • Project report
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    • Open Access

    A fundamental corpus of knowledge about the state and the law

    Yurii Shemshuchenko

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    The Legal Encyclopedia (ed by scholars of the Koretsky Institute of State and Law, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine) is the first encyclopedia of this category not only in Ukraine, but also in the entire post-Soviet space. This is a fundamental reference book on the state and law, based on the achievements of both worldwide and national legal science. It has a circulation of 30,000 copies and this encyclopedia of great importance for the development of a democratic and legal state and civil society in Ukraine. The article is devoted to the review of the Legal Encyclopedia.
    • Essay
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    Medicine in encyclopedias of Ukraine

    Liubomyr Pyrih

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    In the article, the author justifies the need to create a medical encyclopedia in Ukraine, as there are all the reasons for the emergence of such a fundamental source of knowledge in the history of medicine.
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    History of Ukraine in encyclopedic format

    Stanislav Kulchytsky

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    At a certain stage in the development of any science, scholars and society need systematization of new knowledge in encyclopedias. From the end of the 80s of the 20th century, the history of Ukraine began to develop in a new way. And the need to systematize historical knowledge for domestic science turned out to be particularly urgent. This article offers an overview of the modern-day Encyclopedia of the History of Ukraine.
    • Essay
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    The Encyclopedia of the Ukrainian Language: structure and compiling principles

    Ievheniia Karpilovska, Mykhailo Ziabliuk

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    Article acquaints with the structure and basic principles of compiling the encyclopedia "Ukrainian language" – the first specialized code of data about Ukrainian language and linguistics in the world. By the example of articles from mentioned encyclopedia basic features of this type editions are shown: 1) system character (cyclicity) of basic knowledge and 2) its teaching, educational character. Special attention is given to the cycles of articles new to language encyclopedias, personnels, and also to the combination of text with the series of illustrations
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    Georgian Encyclopedia

    Zurab Abashidze

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    In 2006, the Georgian Encyclopedia turned 40 years old. The national encyclopedias are like passports of nations, a marker of cultural level. They are collections of a wide range of knowledge represented in national languages. National encyclopedias are especially needed during the period of historical and social transformations of countries. That is why the first Georgian Soviet encyclopedia in twelve volumes (1967-87) was of great importance. This article offers an overview of the Georgian Encyclopedia.
    • Review article
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    Printed catalogs of art exhibitions as biographical sources

    Tetiana Halkevych

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    Among the numerous reference publications on art, a special category is catalogs of art exhibitions of fine and decorative and applied arts. Since their appearance (exhibition catalogs have been published since the 18th century, museum catalogs – since the 19th century, auction catalogs - since the 20th century), a powerful layer of documents has been printed, which are important source materials for studying and researching the history of art, the work of individual artists, creation of fundamental reference publications on art history. This article offers an overview of such reference works.
    • Review article
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    Bibliographical and biobibliographical indexes of Ukrainian scientists

    Liudmyla Hutnyk

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    Personal indexes of scientists of Ukraine are important documentary sources on the history of Ukrainian science. They concentrate a complex of factual data, current and retrospective bibliographic information, and therefore are a significant source base for academic studies. This review article is devoted to the highlight of bibliographic and bio-bibliographic indexes of scientists of Ukraine.
    • Review article
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    Documentary materials of the Belarusian culture personalities in archives of Ukraine

    Olha Yamkova

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    In their reports at scientific conferences, Ukrainian and foreign researchers have repeatedly emphasized the fact that Ukrainian archives contain a wide range of sources that illuminate events related to the social, political, cultural and scientific development of Belarus in the 16th - 20th centuries, as well as little-known facts of its history, Ukrainian-Belarusian interstate relations at the beginning of the 20th century, as well as personal documents of representatives of Belarusian culture, science and literature, whose fate was somehow connected with Ukraine. In this article, the author describes documentary materials of the Belarusian culture personalities in Ukraine's archives.

    “Енциклопедичний вісник України” — рецензований науковий щорічник, що висвітлює питання енциклопедистики в історичному, культурному, мовному, комунікативному, інформаційному, видавничому й технологічному вимірах.

    Видання виникло для обговорення питань підготовки Енциклопедії Сучасної України, однак нині його мета — слугувати науковим майданчиком для представлення енциклопедичних досліджень, що мають теоретичну чи практичну цінність для енциклопедичної галузі, та сприяти застосуванню наукового підходу до підготовки сучасних енциклопедичних видань. Це розглядаємо як запоруку поширення надійних знань, необхідних для суспільного розвитку України й інших країн світу.

    Виходить друком і онлайн раз на рік (грудень). Нині приймаємо рукописи для 17-го випуску (докладніше про видання).


    Випуск 1 • Зміст

    • Есей
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    Енциклопедія “Українська мова”: структура та принципи укладання

    Євгенія Карпіловська, Михайло Зяблюк

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    Стаття знайомить зі структурою та принципами укладання енциклопедії «Українська мова» – першого в світі спеціалізованого зводу відомостей про українську мову та українське мовознавство. На прикладі статей цієї енциклопедії окреслено визначальні ознаки видань такого типу: 1) системність (циклічність) уміщених в них базових знань та 2) їх навчальний, просвітницький характер. Окрему увагу приділено циклам статей, новим для мовних енциклопедій, персоналіям, а також способівам поєднання тексту з ілюстративним рядом.
    • Оглядове дослідження
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    Документальна спадщина діячів білоруської культури в архівах України

    Ольга Ямкова

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    Стаття знайомить із розвитком білорусознавства в Україні, зокрема автор інформує про документальну спадщину діячів культури, літератури і науки Білорусі, яка зберігається у фондах Центрального державного архіву вищих органів влади та Управління України, Центрального державного історичного архіву України у м. Львові, Центрального державного архіву-музею літератури і мистецтва України, Державних архівів Волинської та Чернігівської областей, Інституту рукопису Національної бібліотеки України ім. В.І. Вернадського, Відділу рукописів Інституту літератури ім. Т.Г. Шевченка НАН України.