Updated: 4/4/2025

Scientific and Pedagogical Staff of KSU – Honorary Citizens of Kherson

Viktor Kovalov  (28.01.1920 - 11.09.2002)

Dean of the Faculty of Philology, Doctor of Philology, Professor, Honoured Worker of Higher Education of Ukraine, Cavalier of the Orders of the Red Banner, Red Star, and the Patriotic War of the I and II degrees

(date of awarding the honorary title - 09.07.1996)

Oleh Mishukov  (14.10.1963 - 18.12.2011)

First Vice-Rector, Doctor of Philology, Professor, Member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine, International Union of Writers, Honoured Worker of Culture of Ukraine, Honoured Artist of Ukraine, graduate from the Kherson State Pedagogical Institute(class of 1985) 

(date of awarding the honorary title - 28.08.2009)

Volodymyr Chupryna

People's Artist of Ukraine, Professor of the Department of Fine Arts and Design

(date of awarding the honorary title - 28.08.2015)

Pavlo Paraskevych (30.06.1921 - 20.03.2022)

PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, researcher of the works of Oles Honchar, Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi, Andrii Malyshko and many other Ukrainian writers, member of the Board of the Tavria Foundation

(date of awarding the honorary title - 30.08.2017)

Maria Pentyliuk

Ukrainian linguist, linguodidact, Doctor of Education, Professor, Excellence in Education of Ukraine, Honoured Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine

(date of awarding the honorary title - 30.08.2017)

Yurii  Bieliaiev 

PhD in Philology, Professor, Advisor to the Rector, Excellence in Education of Ukraine, Honoured Worker of Education of Ukraine, graduate from the Kherson State Pedagogical Institute (class of 1969)

(date of awarding the honorary title - 05.09.2017)

Updated: 4/4/2025

Graduates of KSU – Honorary Citizens of the City of Kherson

Mykola Babenko 

Director of the Physics and Mathematics Lyceum at Kherson State Technical University, PhD in Engineering, Honored Teacher of Ukraine, Excellence in Education of Ukraine, winner of the 100 Best Schools of Ukraine competition, all-Ukrainian awards “Golden Fortune” and “Flagship of Education of Ukraine”, graduate from the Kherson State Pedagogical Institute (class of 1966)

(date of awarding the honorary title - 28.08.2009)

 Anatolii Slipych

Honoured Artist of Ukraine, member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine, member of the Union of Designers of Ukraine, graduate from the Kherson State Pedagogical Institute(class of 1971

(date of awarding the honorary title - 09.08.2012)

Anatolii Kychynskyi

poet, member of the National Writers' Union of Ukraine and the Association of Ukrainian Writers, laureate of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine in Literature, graduate from the Kherson State Pedagogical Institute (class of 1972)

(date of awarding the honorary title - 30.08.2013)

Volodymyr Khodakovskyi

Statesman and educational figure, graduate from the Kherson State Pedagogical Institute (class of 1972)

(date of awarding the honorary title - 30.08.2013)

Vitalii Bronstein

Excellence in Education of Ukraine, Honoured Worker of Education of Ukraine, publicist, member of the Council of Regions of the Jewish Confederation of Ukraine, the Presidium of the Jewish Council of Ukraine and its representative in Kherson region, honorary member of the Jewish Council of Ukraine, graduate of Kherson State Pedagogical Institute (class of 1972)

(date of awarding the honorary title - 28.08.2015)

Auvhust Virlych (21.11.1931 - 05.04.2017) 

Local historian, writer, graduate of Kherson State Pedagogical Institute (class of 1958) 

(date of awarding the honorary title - 03.08.2016)

Kateryna Korchahina (17.12.1939 - 18.10.2024)

Educator, Excellence in Education of Ukraine, graduate of Kherson State Pedagogical Institute (class of 1972) 

(date of awarding the honorary title - 31.08.2016)

Kateryna Rastorhuieva  

Announcer, TV presenter, Honoured Journalist of Ukraine, graduate of Kherson State Pedagogical Institute (class of 1970) 

 (date of awarding the honorary title - 31.08.2016)

Ivan Lopushynskyi

Head of the Department of Public Administration and Local Self-Government of Kherson National Technical University, Doctor of Science in Public Administration, Professor, Honoured Worker of Education of Ukraine, graduate of Kherson State Pedagogical Institute (class of 1978) 

(date of awarding the honorary title - 22.08.2019)

Valerii Kulyk

Poet, literary critic, member of the National Writers' Union of Ukraine, Honored Artist of Ukraine, laureate of the Regional Mykola Kulish Prize, honorary citizen of Kherson, graduate from the Kherson State Pedagogical Institute (class of 1971)

(date of awarding the honorary title - 03.09.2021)