Ihor Duda

Ihor Mykytovych Duda (; 10 March 1940 – 23 November 2025) was a Ukrainian art historian, local historian, teacher, editor, restorer and cultural activist.

Background Ihor Duda was born on 10 March 1940 in the village of Hańczowa, in the Gorlice County of the Kraków Voivodeship, Poland.

In 1973, graduated from the Repin Institute of Arts. In 1966–1981, he worked as a teacher at Ternopil Vocational School No. 8, the Republican School of Decorators and Advertising Specialists in Ternopil, , and from 2005 docent at the Ternopil Pedagogical Institute. In 1991, he founded and headed the Ternopil Regional Art Museum. In 1994, he became deputy editor, and from 1999, he was editor of the newspaper . In 1994, he became deputy chairman, and in 1998–2000 he headed the Ternopil Regional Society "Lemkivshchyna". Buried in the .

Public activities In 1999, he organised the 1st Festival of Lemko Culture "Vatra" (now "). In 1996, he co-founded the L. Levytskyi Art and Memorabilia Museum in the village of Burdiakivtsi, Chortkiv Raion. Ihor Duda was also active in the restoration of the Pochayiv History and Art Museum in the Kremenets Raion. In 2000, he worked on the design of the Lemkivshchyna Museum's exposition. In 2004, he developed a plan for the reconstruction of the Museum of Lemko Culture and Life in Monastyryska.

In 1972, his work began to be published. He created drawings and graphics, artistic design (Poet B. Demkiv, 1982; emblems of several festivals of Lemko culture; competition design of the great coat of arms of Ternopil Oblast, 2001), and works on the restoration of paintings. Спомнеш моє слово. Лемківські приповідки Лемківський словник. 26 000 слів Лемківський гумор

Local history guides: Merited Culture Worker of Ukraine (1999) Brothers Lepky Prize (2014) Petro Medvedyk Prize (2010)