However, the figure of Colonel Bolbochan is somewhat ambiguous. He had great merits and achievements but equally great defeats and failures. In the end, he was convicted and executed by the verdict of the military tribunal of the Ukrainian People's Republic - the enemies of Ukraine did not destroy him, but his own.

A prominent warlord or a random person?

A victim of someone else's or your intrigues?

How did his contemporaries evaluate him, and what do historians say about him?

On the occasion of the 140th anniversary of Pyotr Bolbochan, the Kyiv-Mohyla Business School invites everyone interested in this figure to a discussion during which we will discuss various aspects of Colonel Bolbochan's activities and his role in the events of 1918-1919.

Participants:

Pavlo Gai-Nyzhnyk is a Ukrainian historian, poet, public and political figure. Doctor of Historical Sciences (2008), laureate of the I. Koshelivets International Literary Prize (2014), academician of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences (2010), academician of the Academy of Political Sciences of Ukraine (2018), president-academic (GO) of the Ukrainian Academy of Geopolitics and Geostrategy ( 2022). Author of more than 900 scientific studies.

Serhiy Gromenko is a historian, publicist, and public figure, a candidate of historical sciences, an employee of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance (2014-2016), and a columnist for Crimea.Reality project from Radio Liberty, a participant in the public educational project to popularize the history of Ukraine "Likbez. Historical front".

Moderator:

Dmytro Shurkhalo is a journalist specializing in politics and history. Presenter of the "Historical Freedom" program on "Freedom" radio. Author of the books "Ukrainian Yakbitology," "Myths of the Second World War," and "Skoropadsky, Mannerheim, Wrangel: Cavalry-Statesmen."

Date: October 6
Time: 19:00
Format: offline
Place: Kyiv-Mohyla Business School