PETRO YATSYK − ENTREPRENEUR, PHILANTHROPIST, STATESMAN

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Abstract. This article aims to popularize the ideas and practices of social responsibility of business, whose representatives are guided by the social values of culture, education, science as the main factors in the development of a strong democratic state. Petro Yatsyk, a Canadian entrepreneur of Ukrainian origin, is an example of such a representative. The article reflects the most important projects of scientific, economic and socio-cultural significance, the initiative and financing of which was joined by Petro Yatsik. According to researchers, Petro Yatsyk has funded projects aimed at developing Ukrainian institutions in the world and other charitable purposes in the amount of more than $30 million. Among them are the «Encyclopedia of Ukrainian Studies», created under the auspices of the Taras Shevchenko Scientific Society, the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University (USA), Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Alberta, the International Ukrainian Language Competition (now the Petro Yatsyk Competition), the “History of Ukraine-Rus” by Mykhaylo Hrushevsʹkyy translated into English, other monographs on history, economics, political science, medicine, ethnography. Petro Yatsyk was awarded the President of Ukraine and other state awards for personal merits in building a sovereign democratic state, developing the economy, science, culture, active charitable and civic activities. Keywords: Petro Yatsyk, entrepreneurship, social values, philanthropy, Ukrainian studies, Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Alberta, Ukraine.