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● 1942 — born on 9 May in Okhtyrka, Sumy region
● 1963 — graduated from the Bilhorod Music College with a degree in Folk Instruments.
● 1968 — graduated from Kharkiv State Institute of Culture with a degree in Cultural and Educational Work ● 1968—1971 - postgraduate student at the Institute of History of the USSR Academy of Sciences ● Since 1971, he has been working at the Kharkiv State Institute of Culture
● Since 1989 - Rector of the Kharkiv State Institute of Culture (now Kharkiv State Academy of Culture)
● Since 2006 - Chairman of the Expert Council on Art History of the Higher Attestation Commission of Ukraine
● 2002 – elected a Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine
● 2017 – Academician of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine
● Honourable Mention of the Ministry of Education of Ukraine "Excellence in Education of Ukraine" (1992)● Honourable Mention of the Ministry of Culture and Arts of Ukraine "For Longstanding Productive Work in the Field of Culture" (2002)● Silver Medal of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences of National Progress "For Outstanding Achievements in the Progress of Society" (2002)● Chevalier of the Order of Merit, 3rd Class (2002)● Silver Cross "Cossack Unity", 2nd Class (2003)● Certificate of Honour of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine "For Special Services to the Ukrainian People" (2004)● Commander of the Order of Merit, 2nd Class (2004)● Commander of the Order of Merit, 1st Class (2007)● Honourable award of the Kharkiv Regional Council "Slobozhanska Glory" (2009)● Silver medal of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine (2009)