Ihor Kozlovskyi

Ihor Anatoliyovych Kozlovskyi (; 16 February 1954 – 6 September 2023) was a Ukrainian scholar, theologian, candidate of historical sciences, writer and public figure. He was a full member of the Donetsk branch of the Shevchenko Scientific Society in Ukraine from 2019. He was also a senior researcher of the Department of Religious Studies of the Hryhorii Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Kozlovskyi was also the president of the Centre for Religious Studies and International Spiritual Relations, head of the Donetsk Regional Branch of the Ukrainian Association of Religious Studies, president of the Discovery Centre and vice president of the Ukrainian Centre for Islamic Studies.

Kozlovskyi was a member of the Expert Council on Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations at the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine, an advisor to the Minister of Culture, Youth, and Sports of Ukraine, a member of PEN Ukraine He was released in a prisoner exchange with Ukraine in December 2017. He was subjected to torture and held captive for almost two years,

Awards and honours For his peacekeeping activities, Ihor Kozlovskyi received several prestigious awards and honors. He was awarded the medal of the Austrian Society of Albert Schweitzer, the Knight Order of the Royal Brotherhood of St. Feotonia (Portugal), and Honours of the Academy Budo (Martial Arts) Nippon Seybucan (Japan). He was also a valid member of the Royal College of Norkity (Portugal), and an honorary citizen of Oklahoma (USA).