TARAS SHEVCHENKO KYIV STATE UNIVERSITY’S INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION WITH SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS OF THE COUNTRIES OF SOCIALIST BLOC IN 1964–1975

Abstract

The article reveals the international cooperation of the Taras Shevchenko Kyiv State University with scientific and educational institutions of the countries of the Socialist bloc in 1964–1975. The visits of the leadership of the universities of Czechoslovakia, Poland, Romania, Hungary, East Germany to Kyiv University to get acquainted with the organization of scientific, educational and pedagogical work, as well as the visits of rectors, vice-rectors, deans of the faculties of Kyiv University with a similar purpose to the universities of the Socialist bloc are mentioned. It is noted about the establishment of faculties and departments of Kyiv University international cooperation by concluding agreements with faculties and departments of universities of the countries of the Socialist bloc.The participation of scientific and scientific-pedagogical workers of the university in conferences, seminars, congresses, symposiums of Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania is revealed. Topics of lectures and scientific reports at Kyiv University of German, Czechoslovak, Polish, Hungarian teachers and scholars are covered. It is informed about joint research projects of scientists of the Kyiv University with colleagues from the universities of Prague, Bratislava, Brno, Krakow, Leipzig, Debrecen. It is said that scientists and teachers of Kyiv University published articles in journals of the countries of the Socialist bloc. Instead, scholars and teachers from these countries published in the journal of Kyiv University. The topic of foreign internship is revealed. It is noted that Soviet students underwent internships in East Germany, Poland, and Hungary. It is informed that Czechoslovakian, Polish, Bulgarian and other students studied at the graduate school of Kyiv University, where they prepared and successfully defended their dissertations. The international book exchange was mentioned. It’s told about the cooperation of youth organizations, in particular about «building detachments» of Soviet students to Leipzig and Krakow. International sports competitions are mentioned. It is noted about the dynamic growth in Kyiv University during 1971–1975’s the number of students from the countries of the Socialist bloc.