Myroslava Kocherzhuk

Myroslava Volodymyrivna Kocherzhuk (; born 27 August 1963) is the local historian and research associate of the historical museum of Kolomyia.

Biography Myroslava Kocherzhuk was born on August 27, 1963, in Kolomyia, Soviet Union. In 1980, she graduated from the local school No. 1. In 1980-1985 she studied at the Department of Architecture in the Lviv Polytechnic.

During the 1990s, she prepared a number of programs on local radio and television, and also translated from Polish an excerpt from Kamil Baransky's book "Former Soldiers, Farmers, Hasidists..."

In 1999, she participated in a European Union project to study European traditions in western Ukraine, which resulted in an exhibition about German settlements in Kolomyia and a guidebook "Visit the Ukrainian Carpathians". She is also a member of the editorial board of the "Encyclopedia of Kolomyia Region".

In 2008, in cooperation with Mykola Vasylchuk, she translated Leopold Weigel's local history work "Essay on the City of Kolomyia" from Polish into Ukrainian.

In 2011, she published a major work on local history, “The Ukrainian State Gymnasium in Kolomyia, 1892–1944,” in the “Kolomyia Library” series. In the same year, she wrote a preface to the set of postcards, “Roman Kocherzhuk. Graphics,” and historical notes for the album “Kolomiya” on the occasion of the 770th anniversary of the first chronicle mention of the city.

In 2016, she became the author of local history articles for the art album “Kolomiya — Our Town: A Catalog of Postcards”.

In 2020, she participated in the program "Traveling Around the Country with Liliya Ruban", where she talked about the history of Kolomyia.

In 2022, in cooperation with Bohdan Voloshynskyi, she published a work about the esperantist from Kolomyia Orest Kuzma, "The Ukrainian Star of the Esperantist from Kolomyia".

In June 2024, she published his own book "What are the buildings of Kolomyia silent about?" as a 41st edition of book serie "Library of Kolomyia". She cooperated with the young local historian Illya Kryvoruchko.

In February 2025, her book was recognized as the best historical book of Prykarpattia in nomination "The urbanistics".