Updated: 4/1/2025

Over 107 years of Kherson State University’s existence, it has been led by 25 directors and rectors, each of whom, in different periods, contributed to the development and prosperity of the higher education institution.

Directors of the Pre-War Period

Fedir Strakhovych (born 1851) - first director of the Yuryivsk Teacher's Institute (1914-1919),  Actual State Councilor, lecturer in pedagogy

A.Anuchin - director of the Kherson Pedagogical Institute (1919-1920), professor

Vasyl Fidrovskyi (1883 - 1937) -  director of the Kherson Pedagogical Institute (March - December 1920), lecturer in philology and history

Kostiantyn Hrevizirskyi - director of the Kherson Institute of Public Education (1921-1923), lecturer in history, professor

Stepan Yaroslavenko -  director of the Kherson Institute of People's Education named after N.K. Krupska (1924-1927), lecturer in pedagogy

A. Bandurivskyi - director of the Kherson Institute of People's Education named after N.K. Krupska (1927-1928)

Arsenii Nahornyi - director of the Kherson Institute of People's Education named after N.K. Krupska (1928-1929)

Ivan Boiko - director of the Kherson Institute of People's Education named after N.K. Krupska (1929-1930), director of the Kherson Institute of Social Education named after N.K. Krupska (1930-1933), director of the Kherson State Pedagogical Institute named after N.K. Krupska (1933-1936), Acting Professor of the Department of Socio-Economic Disciplines, Lecturer in Marxism-Leninism

Anatolii Khirin -  director of the Kherson State Pedagogical Institute named after N.K. Krupska (1936-1937)

Oleksii Zahorodnii - director of the Kherson State Pedagogical Institute named after N.K. Krupska (1938-1939), Senior Lecturer at the Department of Socio-Economic Disciplines

Leonid Chorneho (1906 - 1940) - director of the Kherson State Pedagogical Institute named after N.K. Krupska (1939-1940), teacher of biology, graduate of the Kherson State Pedagogical Institute

Anatolii Ustymenko - director of the Kherson State Pedagogical Institute named after N.K. Krupska (1940-1941), Acting Associate Professor of the Department of Mathematical Analysis

Directors and rectors of the Kherson State Pedagogical Institute named after N.K. Krupska (1944 - 1996)

Oleksandr Savchuk (born 1892) - director of the Kherson State Pedagogical Institute named after N.K. Krupska (1944-1945), Head of the Department of Political Economy

Ivan Semenov (born 1898) - director of the Kherson State Pedagogical Institute named after N.K. Krupska (1945-1950), PhD in History, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Political Economy

Havrylo Katrenko (1908 - 1979) - director of the Kherson State Pedagogical Institute named after N.K. Krupska (1950 - 1959), PhD in Pedagogy, Associate Professor of the Department of Pedagogy

Oleksandr Kuznetsov (1914 - 1981) - director of the Kherson State Pedagogical Institute named after N.K. Krupska (1959-1962), PhD in Economics, Associate Professor

Serhii Semenov (1918 - 2002) - rector of the Kherson State Pedagogical Institute named after N.K. Krupska (1962 - 1965), PhD in Biology, Associate Professor

Pavlo Bohdanov (1914 - 1975) - rector of the Kherson State Pedagogical Institute named after N.K. Krupska (1965 - 1975), PhD in History, Associate Professor

Yevhen Polishchuk (1925 - 2003) - rector of the Kherson State Pedagogical Institute named after N.K. Krupska (1975-1986), PhD in Philosophy, Associate Professor

Anatolii Nitsoi (1937 - 1996) - rector of the Kherson State Pedagogical Institute named after N.K. Krupska (1987 - 1996), PhD in History, Professor

Rectors of Kherson State University

Yurii  Bieliaiev - rector of Kherson State Pedagogical Institute named after N.K. Krupska (1996 - 1998), Rector of Kherson State Pedagogical University (1998 - 2002), Rector of Kherson State University (2002 - 2011), PhD in Philology, Professor, Honoured Worker of Education of Ukraine, Honorary Professor of KSU, Honorary Citizen of Kherson, graduate of the Kherson State Pedagogical Institute

Oleh Mishukov (14.10.1963 - 18.12.2011) - rector of Kherson State University (2011), Doctor of Philology, Professor, Honoured Artist of Ukraine, Honorary Citizen of Kherson, graduate of the Kherson State Pedagogical Institute