Wjatscheslaw Wjatrovych

Date of Birth: 07.06.1977

Wjatscheslaw Mychajlowytsch Wjatrovych (ukr. Wolodymyr Mychajlowytsch W'jatrovych) - Ukrainian historian, publicist, researcher of the history of the liberation movement, activist. Doctor of historical sciences. Former chairman of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance. Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Center for Research on the Liberation Movement (Lviv), member of the Supervisory Board of the National Museum-Memorial for the Victims of Occupation Regimes 'Prison on Lontsky Street', former director of the State Archive of the Security Service of Ukraine (2008-2010), editor of the scientific publication 'Ukrainian Liberation Movement' (2003-2008). Since November 14, 2019, he has been a member of the Ukrainian Parliament of the IX. party European Solidarity.

Place of Birth. Education. He was born on June 7, 1977, in Lviv. From 1994 to 1999, he studied at the Faculty of History of Lviv University (specialization - History of Ukraine). In 2004, he defended his doctoral thesis entitled 'The foreign enterprises of the UPA in the context of the realization of the anti-totalitarian national democratic revolution of the nations in Central Europe.'

Career. November 2002 - March 2008 - Director of the 'Center for Research on the Liberation Movement' (Lviv).

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In 2004, he was a member of the youth opposition group 'Youth Resistance' in Lviv. Later, he joined, along with other activists of the organization, the public organization 'Black Hour'.

2005-2006 - Lecturer at the Ukrainian Catholic University. Author of the first curriculum developed in Ukraine for secondary schools 'Ukrainian Liberation Movement of the 1920s-50s' for students of the historical faculties of the Ukrainian Catholic University and the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv.

August 2005 - December 2007 - Researcher at the Ukrainian Institute of Ukrainian Studies named after I. Krypyakevych of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

May 2007 - January 2008 - Representative of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance in Lviv Oblast.

In 2008 - scientific advisor for the international project 'Ukraine Remembers, the World Acknowledges', dedicated to the popularization and international lobbying for the recognition of the Holodomor of 1932-1933 as genocide.

January - October 2008 - Head of the Archive Department of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance.

January - October 2008 - Scientific research advisor to the head of the SBU.

October 2008 - March 2010 - Head of the State Special Archive of the Security Service of Ukraine in Kyiv.

Since October 2009 - member of the Supervisory Board of the National Museum-Memorial for the Victims of Occupation Regimes 'Prison on Lontsky Street.'

Since March 2008 - Chairman of the Scientific Council of the 'Center for Research on the Liberation Movement.'

In 2010-2011, he worked at the Ukrainian Scientific Institute of Harvard University.

In March 2014, he was appointed director of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance.

Editor of the book 'Stevedore' (Lviv, 2000), one of the authors and chief editor of the exhibition 'Ukrainian Insurgent Army. The History of the Unconquerable' (Lviv, 2007).

The film 'The Secrets of Bandera' (author - Swetlana Usenko) was criticized by him for the distorted facts about the biography of the hero and, in his opinion, the biased, false portrayal of the main character.

In 2013-2014, he was an active participant in the civil sector of Euromaidan.

He participated in the early parliamentary elections in 2019 for the party European Solidarity, however, his place on the list (No. 25) was unsuccessful.

On September 18, 2019, he resigned from his position as director of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance.

On November 14, 2019, the Central Election Commission recognized Wjatscheslaw Wjatrovych as an elected deputy following the list of the party European Solidarity in position No. 25.

Criticism. Some Ukrainian, Russian, Polish, and American historians criticize the works of Wjatscheslaw Wjatrovych and accuse him of political bias in the portrayal of the actions of the OUN and UPA. They accuse the author of the use of rhetoric and disregard for facts, although they sometimes mention absurd facts that do not correspond to reality.

Book Author. 'The Stevedore of Hundreds' (2000), 'The Operations of the UPA in the Countries of the Czechoslovak Republic' (2001), 'The OUN's Attitude towards Jews: Formation of the Position against the Background of the Catastrophe' (2006), 'The Second Polish-Ukrainian War. 1942-1947' (2011, 2012), 'History with the Stamp of 'Secret'' (2011), 'History with the Stamp of 'Secret'. New Storylines' (2012), 'Behind the Scenes of 'Volhynia-43'. The Unknown Polish-Ukrainian War' (2016), Co-author of 'Army of the Immortal. Insurgent Images' (2002), 'Ukrainian Insurgent Army. The History of the Unconquerable' (2007, 2008, 2011), 'Right to Truth. Practical Guide to Accessing Archives' (2012), editor of the scientific journal 'Ukrainian Liberation Movement' (2003-2008), editor of the collection 'Polish-Ukrainian Relations in 1942-1947 in the Documents of the OUN and UPA' (2011).

Awards. He was awarded the Ivan Mazeppa Cross (December 25, 2009). Winner of the Vasil Stus Prize (2012) - for uncovering the secrets of the archives of Soviet intelligence from the Cheka to the KGB and for the current journalistic activity 'History with the Stamp of 'Secret''. Winner of the literary prize of Ivan Koschelivets for the study 'On Ukrainian-Jewish Cooperation in the Struggle for an Independent Ukraine' (until 2008). Winner of the book rankings of the National Writers' Union of Ukraine (2012).

Family. Married. Son Juri (b. 2016).

07.06.2022