ЗВЯЗКИ КДУ ІМ. Т. Г. ШЕВЧЕНКА З НАУКОВИМИ Й ОСВІТНІМИ УСТАНОВАМИ КРАЇН "СОЦІАЛІСТИЧНОГО БЛОКУ" (1944-1964 рр.)

Abstract

International relations of Taras Shevchenko Kyiv State University with scientific and educational institutions of «Socialist Aiiiance» countries in 1944–1964’s are covered. It was found, that KSU started to establish these relations in the post-war period. Until the early 1950’s young people from communist Poland, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Romania and Albania studied there as students. They were involved in work on scientific circles. It is obvious, that the «de-Stalinization» and the onset and the Khruschew «thaw» had a positive effect on the further development of Kyiv University’s relations with scientific and educational institutions of the «Socialist Alliance» countries. As early as the middle of 1950’s the University became a place of visit for official delegations according to the protocol. It was also visited by delegations of workers, employees, teachers and others. Among the students the most frequent guests were East German students. In the second half of the 1950’s and early 1960’s rectors of Romanian, Czechoslovak, Bulgarian, Polish and Hungarian universities visited KSU to get acquainted with the organization of scientific and educational work. At the same time, scientists from the countries of the «Socialist Alliance» spoke at the KSU. Instead, scientific and pedagogical staff of the University made reports in scientific institutions and university of the countries of the «Socialist Alliance». They lectured at their universities. Students also underwent internships at universities in Poland and Czechoslovakia, and GDR enterprises. Polish, Czechoslovak and Bulgarian scientists underwent internships at KSU? And teachers improved their skills. From the early 1960’s, people from the countries of the «Socialist Alliance» entered the university to prepare and defend PhD theses. International book exchange took place systematically. Student sport competitions were held regularly. As of 1964, Taras Shevchenko Kyiv State University had bilateral agreements on cooperation with the Yan Komensky University of Bratislava, E. Purkine University of Brno (Czechoslovakia), L. Kossuth Debrecen University (Hungary), University of Zagreb (Yugoslavia), Karl Marx University of Leipzig (GDR), Jagiellonian University in Krakow (Pjland). However, the relations of Kyiv University with them during 1964–1984’s are the subject of further scientific research.