bibliography

Veselsky, M. 2026. Materials on the history of research into the mammal fauna of the Zhytomyr region. Novitates Theriologicae, 18: 197–213. https://doi.org/10.53452/nt1820

title

Materials on the history of research into the mammal fauna of the Zhytomyr region

author(s)

Mykola Veselsky (Polissia National University, Zhytomyr, Ukraine)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3143-2781

abstract

This article provides an overview of the emergence and development of theriological research in the Zhytomyr region. This region encompasses Polissia and the Forest-Steppe, and is characterised by varying degrees of research coverage regarding mammals. The important role of the Volhynia Researchers’ Society in the early stages of research is noted, as is the organisation and collection of mammal specimens by the Volhynia Central Research Museum, now known as the Zhytomyr Regional Museum of Local History. Attention is given to institutions that have carried out long-term research, the key one being the Polissia Nature Reserve. Information is provided on the most prominent researchers and their scientific activities, in particular G. Belke, A. Ksenzhopolsky, V. Skorokhod, V. Brukhovsky, K. Kopein, S. Zhyla, I. Zenina (Bolotina), I. Zagorodniuk, A. Guziy, O. Kratiuk, and P. Pecheniuk. Based on the works of both renowned scientists and amateurs, as well as materials from organisations and institutions, the main stages of research into the theriofauna of the Zhytomyr region are examined in chronological order, from the 19th century to the present day.

language

Ukrainian, with English summary

references

Belke, G., 1866. Notice on the natural history of the Radomysl district (Kiev Governorate). Bulletin of the Imperial Society of Naturalists of Moscow, 39 (2): 491–526.
Bratchikov, A. 1868. Materials for the Study of the Volyn Province in Statistical, Ethnographic, Agricultural and Other Respects. Zhytomyr, Issue 1, 20–26. [Russian]
Garlinska, A. M., Y. V. Tarasova, L. A. Vasilyeva, [et al.]. 2012. The Zoological Museum of the Ivan Franko State University of Zhytomyr. In: Modern Aspects of Natural History Museology. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference. Kyiv, 26–27. [Ukrainian]
Guziy, A. I. 2004. On the study of vertebrates in the Zhytomyr region. In: Zhytomyr — 1120 (884–2004). Zhytomyr, 425–428. (Series: Great Volhynia; Vol. 31). [Ukrainian]
Guziy, A. I. 2014. Forecast of game animal population trends in the Zhytomyr region for 2013–2015 (using the European hare as an example). In: Zhytomyr National Academy of Environmental Sciences. Scientific Readings 2014. Volume 2. Zhytomyr, 48–50. [Ukrainian]
Kopein, K. I. 1968. On forecasting the population of the brown hare in Ukraine. In: First Scientific Conference on the Development of the Hunting Industry in the Ukrainian SSR. Kyiv, 106–109. [Russian]
Kopein, K. I., A. P. Vyskushenko, V. K. Girin, D. A. Vyskushenko. 1996. The influence of anthropogenic factors on the species composition of terrestrial vertebrates in the Zhytomyr region. In: The Urals in Miniature (Natural Resources of the Zhytomyr Region). Zhytomyr, 120–128. [Russian]
Korbut, G. A., N. E. Kostrytsia, E. A. Remezova. 1996. Geological structure and mineral resources of the Zhytomyr region. In: The Urals in Miniature (Natural Resources of the Zhytomyr region). Zhytomyr, 6–20. [Russian]
Kostrytsia, M. Y. 2006. The role of honorary members in the activities of the Volhynia Researchers’ Society (1900–1920). Local History, No. 1–4: 13–18. [Ukrainian]
Krasnov, V. P., Z. M. Shelest, O. O. Orlov, [et al.]. 1998. Radioecology of the European Roe Deer in Central Polissya, Ukraine. Zhytomyr, Volyn, 1–128. [Ukrainian]
Kratiuk, O. L. 2019. Characteristics of the enclosures in Central Polissia. Scientific Bulletin of the National Forestry University of Ukraine, 29 (1): 54–56. https://doi.org/10.15421/40290111
Kratiuk, O. L., V. P. Vlasiuk, V. O. Rybak. 2021. Semi-free-range rearing of the sika deer (Cervus nippon) in the Central Polissia region. Ecological Sciences, № 2 (35): 104–109. https://doi.org/10.32846/2306-9716/2021.eco.2-35.18
Kryzhov, P. A. 1936. The geographical distribution of harmful rodents in the Ukrainian SSR. Proceedings of the Zoological Museum, 11: 33–79. [Ukrainian]
Ksenzhopolsky, A. V. 1915a. Results of a research expedition to Volhynia in 1912. Proceedings of the Society of Volhynia Researchers, 11 (1): 85–130. [Russian]
Ksenzhopolsky, A. V. 1915b. The mouse invasion in Volhynia in 1913–1914. Zhytomyr, 1–41. [Russian]
Kuzmenko, Y. V., A. V. Mishta. 2014. The diet of the Eurasian lynx and the Eurasian eagle-owl in northern Ukraine. Proceedings of the Zoological Museum, 45: 65–69. [Ukrainian]
Markevych, O. P. 1957. Faunistic studies in the Ukrainian SSR in the second half of the 19th century. Proceedings of the Zoological Museum, 28: 3–18. [Ukrainian]
Mazurmovych, B. M. 1972. Development of Zoology in Ukraine. Kyiv University Press, Kyiv, 1–229. [Ukrainian]
Panasevich, O. I. 2002. A study of the ecology of the river otter in the Polissia Nature Reserve and adjacent areas. Nature Conservation in Ukraine, 8 (2): 55–57. [Ukrainian]
Panov, G. M. 1971. The current status of the beaver (Castor fiber L.) population in the upper and middle reaches of the Ubort River and prospects for its economic use. Vestnik zoologii, (5): 81–82. [Russian]
Pecheniuk, P. 2024. The impact of traditional and modern techniques for creating zoological exhibits on their ability to be preserved and resist biological damage. In: Nature and Man: Paths to Possible Harmony (Proceedings of the All-Ukrainian Conference). Khmelnytskyi Regional Museum of Local History. Khmelnytskyi, 89–94. [Ukrainian]
Pecheniuk, P. 2025. Notes on the carnivores of Central Polissia: a wild cat and a melanistic wolf in Zhytomyr Oblast. Novitates Theriologicae, 17: 67–69. [Ukrainian] DOI: https://doi.org/10.53452/nt1713
Podoplichko, I. G. 1963. Materials for the study of small mammal fauna using the owl pellet method. Proceedings of the Zoological Museum, 32: 3–6. [Ukrainian]
Prozhiga, Y. 1929. Report on the survey of beaver habitats. Ukrainian Hunter and Fischer, (7): 13–17. [Ukrainian]
Stadnichenko, A.P., A. P. Vyskushenko, O. V. Garbar [et al.]. 2003. Rare and Endangered Animal Species of the Zhytomyr Region: a Study Guide. Volyn, Zhytomyr, 1–176. [Ukrainian]
Shcherbyna, M. 1924. Notes on some mammals of Volhynia. Nature and Hunting in Ukraine, No 1–2: 142–152. [Ukrainian]
Skorokhod, V. 1927. Notes on the fauna of Volhynia. Proceedings of the Ivan Franko Volhynian Institute of Public Education. Year 1926–1927. Zhytomyr, 131–148. [Ukrainian]
Sokur, I. T. 1963. New data on the small mammals of Ukraine. Proceedings of the Zoological Museum, 32: 29–42. [Ukrainian]
Tutkovsky, P. A. 1911. The Norin River in Ovruch District. [Geological and geographical description]. Proceedings of the Volhynia Research Society, 6: 59–220. [Russian]
Tutkovsky, P. A. 1923. The Slovechansko-Ovruch Ridge and the banks of the Slovechna River. Geological and geomorphological description. Proceedings of the Physical and Mathematical Section of the Academy of Sciences (Kyiv), 1 (1): 1–72. [Ukrainian]
Veselskyi, M. 2019. Scientific and exhibition activity of Zhytomyr Local History Mu¬seum: experience with the paleontological exposition in Slovechno. In: Zagorodniuk, I. (ed.). Natural History Museology. Volume 5. Kyiv, 107–112. [Ukrainian]
Veselskyi, M. F. 2020. On the history of the formation of the teriological collection of the Zhytomyr Regional Local History Museum. In: Museum Affairs in the Zhytomyr Region: History and the Present. Berdychiv, 33–42. (Series: Great Volhynia; Issue 60). [Ukrainian]
Voinstvensky, M. A., V.I. Kryzhanovsky, I. S. Leheida. 1981. Changes in the fauna of the Ukrainian Polissia in connection with drainage works. Vestnik zoologii, (5): 3–9. [Russian]
Vovniuk, L. I., P. P. Pecheniuk, M. F. Veselskyi. 2025. Scientist and Patriot. In the Footsteps of Vsevolod Brukhovsky. In: Figures of the Native Land: History and Modernity (Proceedings of the All-Ukrainian Conference). Zhytomyr, 363–372. (Series: Great Volhynia; Issue 67). [Ukrainian]
Zhyla, S. M. 1999. The current status of the wolf population in the Ukrainian Polissia. Vestnik zoologii, 33 (4–5): 115–117.
Zhyla, S. 2006a. Wolfs and wild dogs: comparative ecology, behavior, and management. In: Zagorodniuk, I. (ed.). Fauna in the Anthropogenic Environment. Luhansk, 75–80. (Series: Proceedings of the Theriologicae School; Vol. 8). [Ukrainian] URL
Zhyla, S. 2006b. Wolf, wild ungulates and cattle at the north of Zhytomyrska province: selectivity of predation. In: Zagorodniuk, I. (ed.). Fauna in the Anthropogenic Environment. Luhansk, 160–164. (Series: Proceedings of the Theriologicae School; Vol. 8). [Ukrainian] URL
Zhyla, S. 2008. The white hare (Lepus timidus) in the Polissia Nature Reserve: distribution habitat and determining factors. In: Zagorodniuk, I. (ed.). Rare Fauna and Its Conservation. Luhansk, 223–227. (Series: Proceedings of the Theriologicae School; Vol. 9). [Ukrainian] URL
Zagorodniuk, I. 1996. Rare shrew species in the territory of Ukraine: legends, facts, and diagnostics. Vestnik zoologii, 30 (6): 53–69. [Russian] URL
Zagorodniuk, I. (ed.). 2001. Large Carnivore Mammals of Ukraine and Adjacent Countries. Kyiv, 1–72. (Series: Novitates Theriologicae; Pars 4). [Ukrainian] URL
Zagorodniuk, I., E. Rizun. 2022. Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in the Ukrainian Polissia: a biogeographical analysis. Theriologia Ukrainica, 24: 104–119. [Ukrainian] https://doi.org/10.15407/TU2410
Zagorodniuk, I., M. Veselsky. 2022. Anatoly Guziy, a zoologist, ecologist, game manager, and teacher. Novitates Theriologicae, 14: 100–103. [Ukrainian] URL
Zagorodniuk, I., S. Kharchuk. 2026. Famous travellers and professors of the XVII–XIX centuries and their contribution to the development of knowledge about the mammal fauna of Ukraine. Novitates Theriologicae, 18: 11–25. [Ukrainian] https://doi.org/10.53452/nt1804
Zenina, I. M. 1999. Small mammals of the Polissya Nature Reserve. In: 30 Years of the Polissya Nature Reserve. Issue 1. Zhytomyr, 74–78. [Russian]
Zenina, I. M. Some features of the ecology of the black rat (Rattus rattus L.) in the Polissya Nature Reserve. In: 30 Years of the Polissya Nature Reserve. Issue 1. Zhytomyr, 78–90. [Russian]

date

online: 30.01.2026; print: 30.01.2026