Mykhailo Sokhatskyi
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Mykhailo Sokhatskyi | |
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| Михайло Петрович Сохацький | |
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| Born | 26 June 1959 |
| Alma mater | Kamianets-Podilskyi Pedagogical Institute |
| Occupations | Archaeologist, local historian, speleologist, public figure |
| Awards | Merited Culture Worker of Ukraine |
Mykhailo Sokhatskyi (Ukrainian: Михайло Петрович Сохацький; 26 June 1959) is a Ukrainian archaeologist, local historian, speleologist, public figure.
In 2002 and 2006, he was a member of the Ternopil Oblast Council. In 1992, he became a member of the National Union of Local History of Ukraine, in 1993 he became a member of the Ukrainian Speleological Association, and in 2000 he became a member of the Shevchenko Scientific Society.[1]
Research activities
Mykhailo Sokhatskyi was born on 26 June 1959, in Bilche-Zolote of the Borshchiv Raion, now the Bilche-Zolote rural hromada of the Chortkiv Raion of the Ternopil Oblast of Ukraine.[1][2]
In 1985 he graduated from the History Department of the Kamianets-Podilskyi Pedagogical Institute. In 1985–1989, he worked as a teacher and deputy director at Hlybochok school in Borshchiv Raion, and from 1989 he has been the director of the Borshchiv Museum. Head of the speleological club at the museum.[1][2][3]
From 1991, he has been the head of the archaeological expedition of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, which studies the monuments of Trypillian culture in Podnistrovia.[1][2][4][5] The expedition, led by Mykhailo Sokhatskyi, cooperates with research centers in the United States, the United Kingdom, the University of Tokyo, and the University of Michigan.[6]
In 2007, he opened the Muzeina Cave.[7]
From 1992, he has been co-editor of the scientific and local history collection Litopys Borshichivshchyny.[1]
He is the author of articles based on archaeological excavations published in Ukrainian and foreign publications and scientific collections.[1][2]
In 2004, on the initiative of Sokhatskyi, an underground Museum of Trypillia Culture in Verteba near the village of Bilche-Zolote (the only one in the world).[1][4]
From 1992, he has been the head of the raion local history society "Dzherelo".[1]
Participant of scientific conferences in Ukraine and abroad.[1]
