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Yuriy Kondufor

1922 – 1997

Ukrainian academic and historian

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About Yuriy Kondufor

Lived 1922 – 1997 (aged 74). Yuriy Kondufor was a Russian and Ukrainian docent and historian.

Yuriy Yuriyovych Kondufor (; 30 January 1922, Zubany, Khorolsky Povit – 10 January 1997, Kyiv) was a Soviet and Ukrainian academician, historian, director of the NASU Institute of History of Ukraine in 1978–1993. He was a veteran of World War II (Soviet–Japanese War).

Kondufor was a chief editor of Ukrainian Historical Journal in 1979–1988.

Honored Worker of Science of the Ukrainian SSR (since 1991). Laureate of the State Prize of the Ukrainian SSR in Science and Technology (1980; for his significant personal contribution to the creation of the multi-volume History of the Ukrainian SSR).

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Important facts

Born

30 January 1922, Zubani

Birth century

20th century

Died

10 January 1997, Kyiv

Occupation

Docent, historian

Nationality

Soviet Union, Ukraine

Education

National University of Kharkiv

Employers

National University of Kharkiv, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Institute of the History of Ukraine

Awards

Order of the October Revolution; Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class; Order of the Red Banner of Labour; Order of the Badge of Honour; State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology; Medal "For the Victory over Japan"; Medal "Veteran of Labour"; Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; Medal "For Courage"; Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"; Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

Also known as

Yuriy Yuriyovych Kondufor

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Yuriy Kondufor's

Enrique Moles Ormella

Frequently asked questions

Who was Yuriy Kondufor?

Ukrainian academic and historian (1922–1997)

When was Yuriy Kondufor born?

Yuriy Kondufor was born on 30 January 1922 in Zubani.

When did Yuriy Kondufor die?

Yuriy Kondufor died on 10 January 1997 in Kyiv.

What was Yuriy Kondufor's occupation?

Yuriy Kondufor was a docent and historian.

What nationality was Yuriy Kondufor?

Yuriy Kondufor was Russian and Ukrainian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Yuriy Kondufor

· Wikidata: Q12112326

· DBpedia: Yuriy Kondufor

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