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Zagorodniuk, I. 2026. Key milestones in the formation and development of the Ukrainian Theriological Society. Novitates Theriologicae, 18: 26–36. https://doi.org/10.53452/nt1805

title

Key milestones in the formation and development of the Ukrainian Theriological Society

author(s)

Igor Zagorodniuk (National Museum of Natural History, NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0523-133X

abstract

An essay on the pre-history, formation, and development of the UTS over the past 50 years. The background is associated with the long-standing tradition of forming associations, from purely scientific (the Ukrainian Scientific Society) to applied (nature conservation as well as hunting societies), and later, during the period of the ‘developed USSR’ — narrow-profile scientific societies. One of them, on the threshold of the International Theriological Congress (1974), was the All-Union Theriological Society (ATS, since 1973), among the initiators of which was Ukrainian academician Ivan Pidoplichko. After the 3rd Congress of ATS (1982), in response to the formation of numerous regional communities, the creation of regional branches was initiated, including the Ukrainian ones (UB ATS). The Ukrainian branch included four sections (morphology, ecology, palaeontology, and hunting science), and later added sections on medical theriology, theriology schools, and chiropterology. In 1992, the society became an independent association, and since 1993, its main activity has been annual school seminars based at nature reserves (Theriological Schools). Since 1998, the society has been publishing the collection ‘Proceedings of the Theriological School’, later registered as a scientific journal, which was renamed Theriologia Ukrainica in 2018 and is currently included in a number of professional registers, including 'DAK', Index Copernicus, and Scopus. Due to lockdowns caused by the pandemic and war, annual meetings have been stopped, and the main activities have become sharing info through the website and social media pages, as well as publishing the Novitates Theriologicae newsletter and Theriologia Ukrainica journal.

language

Ukrainian, with English summary

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date

online: 30.01.2026; print: 30.01.2026