List of National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy people

Seal of Kyiv Mohyla Academy.

This is a list of notable people associated with the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (NaUKMA), a public research university located in Kyiv, Ukraine. Students, alumni and faculty members of the university and all its predecessor institutions including Kyiv Brotherhood School (KBS), Kyiv-Mohyla Collegium (KMC), Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (KMA) and Kyiv Theological Academy (KTA) are included in this list.

Many students and professors of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in the 17th and 18th centuries pursued many activities except church career. They were often also writers, philosophers, theologicians and educators in a broad sense. This is indicated in the list where appropriate.

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Religion

Feofan Prokopovich, archbishop, philosopher, writer

Dimitry of Rostov, archbishop

Stephen Yavorsky, archbishop

Name	Relationship to the university	Notability	Reference
Kosiv, SylvestrSylvestr Kosiv	professor of KMC	Metropolitan of Kiev, writer	[1]
Bănulescu-Bodoni, GavrilGavril Bănulescu-Bodoni	student of KMA	Metropolitan of Moldavia (1792); Metropolitan of Kherson and Crimea (1793–1799); Metropolitan of Kiev and Halych (1799–1803); Exarch of Moldo-Wallachia (1806–1812); Metropolitan of Chişinău (1812–1821)	[2]
I, MacariusMacarius I	student, professor of KTA	Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna	[3]
Munteanu, NicodimNicodim Munteanu	student of KTA	Patriarch of All Romania	[4]
Yavorsky, StephenStephen Yavorsky	student of KMA	Metropolitan archbishop of Ryazan and Murom; first president of the Most Holy Synod; writer	[1]
Prokopovich, FeofanFeofan Prokopovich	student, professor, rector of KMA	Metropolitan archbishop of Novgorod and Velykolutsk,; philosopher; writer	[5]
Rostov, Dimitry ofDimitry of Rostov	student of KMA	Metropolitan archbishop of Rostov	[6]
Slavinetsky, EpifanyEpifany Slavinetsky	student, professor of KMA	Ecclesiastical expert of the Russian Orthodox Church	[7]
Velichkovsky, PaisiusPaisius Velichkovsky	student of KMA	The founder of modern Eastern Orthodox staretsdom; writer; philosopher	[7]
Constantius I	student of KMA	Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, 1830-1834	[7]
Puiu, VisarionVisarion Puiu	student of KTA	Metropolitan bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Church	[8]
Zaborovsky, RafailRafail Zaborovsky	student of KMA	Metropolitan of Kiev, Galychyna and All-Rus'	[9]
Adrian, PatriarchPatriarch Adrian	student of KMC	Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia	[10]

Politics

Hetmans of Ukraine

Ivan Mazepa, Grand Hetman

Pylyp Orlyk, Hetman in exile

Name	Relationship to the university	Notability	Reference
Mazepa, IvanIvan Mazepa	student of KMA	Grand Hetman of the Left-bank Ukraine, 1687–1708	[11]
Orlyk, PylypPylyp Orlyk	student of KMA	Hetman in exile; author of one of the first state constitutions in Europe	[12]
Polubotok, PavloPavlo Polubotok	student of KMA	Hetman of the Left-bank Ukraine, 1722-1724	[13]
Samoylovych, IvanIvan Samoylovych	student of KMA	Hetman of Left-bank Ukraine, 1672-1687	[7]
Vyhovsky, IvanIvan Vyhovsky	student of KMA	Hetman of the Ukrainian Cossacks, 1657-1659	[14]
Skoropadsky, IvanIvan Skoropadsky	student of KMA	Hetman of the Ukrainian Cossacks, 1708–1722	[7]
Khmelnytsky, YuriiYurii Khmelnytsky	student of KMA	Hetman of Ukraine, 1659-1660 and 1678–1681	[7]

Other prominent political figures

Alexander Bezborodko, Grand Chancellor of Russia

Name	Relationship to the university	Notability	Reference
Bezborodko, AlexanderAlexander Bezborodko	student of KMA	Grand Chancellor of Russia	[15]
Troshchynskyi, DmytroDmytro Troshchynskyi	student of KMA	Minister of justice of Russia in 1814	[16]
Holovaty, AntinAntin Holovaty	student of KMA	Founder of the Black Sea Cossack Host	[7]
Kvit, SerhiySerhiy Kvit	professor of NaUKMA	Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine
Oleksiy, PavlenkoPavlenko Oleksiy	student of KTU	Minister of Agriculture of Ukraine[17]
Yefremov, SerhiySerhiy Yefremov	student of KTU	Secretary of International Affairs for Ukraine	[18]
Tomenko, MykolaMykola Tomenko	professor of NaUKMA	Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada; Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine in the first cabinet of Yulia Tymoshenko	[19]
Semerak, OstapOstap Semerak	student of NaUKMA	Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of 6th convocation; Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
Shevchenko (politician), AndriyAndriy Shevchenko (politician)	student of NaUKMA	Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine	[20]
Sheremeta, PavloPavlo Sheremeta	professor of NaUKMA	Minister of Economical Development and Trade of Ukraine
Vannykova, IrynaIryna Vannykova	student of NaUKMA	Press secretary of the President of Ukraine Viktor Yuschenko	[21]
Zavadovsky, PyotrPyotr Zavadovsky	student of KMA	Minister of Education in Russia in 1802	[7]

Arts and music

Dmytro Bortniansky, composer, conductor, and singer

Name	Relationship to the university	Notability	Reference
Hryhorovych-Barskyi, IvanIvan Hryhorovych-Barskyi	student of KMA	Architect who worked in the Ukrainian baroque style	[22]
Berezovsky, MaksymMaksym Berezovsky	student of KMA	Composer, opera singer and violinist	[23]
Vedel, ArtemyArtemy Vedel	student of KMA	Composer, conductor, singer and violinist	[7]
Bortniansky, DmytroDmytro Bortniansky	student of KMA	Composer, conductor, singer	[7]
Levitzky, DmitryDmitry Levitzky	student of KMA	Portrait painter	[7]
Koshyts, OleksanderOleksander Koshyts	student of KTA	Composer, choral conductor, arranger	[24]

Literature

Symeon of Polotsk, poet, dramatist, and churchman

Name	Relationship to the university	Notability	Reference
of Polotsk, SymeonSymeon of Polotsk	student of KMA	Belarusian-Russian poet, dramatist, churchman, and enlightener who laid the groundwork for the development of modern Russian literature	[7]
Rajić, JovanJovan Rajić	student of KMA	Serbian writer, historian and pedagogue	[25]
Mateevici, AlexeiAlexei Mateevici	student of KTA	Moldavian poet	[26]
Sokolyan, MarynaMaryna Sokolyan	student of NaUKMA	Contemporary writer	[27]

Natural sciences

Mikhail Lomonosov, scientist, writer and polymath

Name	Relationship to the university	Notability	Reference
Lomonosov, MikhailMikhail Lomonosov	student of KMA	Russian scientist, writer and polymath	[28]
Falkovskyi, IryneyIryney Falkovskyi	student, rector of KMA	Mathematician, astronomer, historian, writer; bishop of Chyhyryn, Smolensk and Dorogobuzk	[7]

Humanities and social sciences

Hryhori Skovoroda, philosopher, poet and singer

Name	Relationship to the university	Notability	Reference
Smotrytsky, MeletiusMeletius Smotrytsky	rector, professor of KBS	Linguist, writer; archbishop of Polotsk, Vitebsk and Mstislav	[7]
Skovoroda, HryhoriHryhori Skovoroda	student of KMA	Philosopher, poet and singer.	[29]
Velychko, SamiyloSamiylo Velychko	student of KMA	Historian, author of the Cossack Chronicle	[7]
Yurkevych, PamphilPamphil Yurkevych	student, professor of KTA	Philosopher.	[30]
Gizel, InnokentiyInnokentiy Gizel	rector, student of KMC	Historian	[31]
Mace, JamesJames Mace	professor of NaUKMA	American historian and prominent researcher of Holodomor	[32]

Other

Petro Prokopovych, founder of commercial beekeeping

Name	Relationship to the university	Notability	Reference
Bryukhovetskyi, VyacheslavVyacheslav Bryukhovetskyi	president, professor of NaUKMA	Initiator of reestablishment; the first president of NaUKMA; Hero of Ukraine	[33]
Prokopovych, PetroPetro Prokopovych	student of KMA	Founder of commercial beekeeping	[34]
Tarabakin, DmytroDmytro Tarabakin	student of NaUKMA	Director, Head of Trading and Domestic Sales of Dragon Capital	[35]

Fictional people

Name	Relationship to the university	Notability	Reference
Bulba, AndriyAndriy Bulba	NA	Character in Nikolai Gogol's Taras Bulba	[36]
Bulba, OstapOstap Bulba	NA	Character in Nikolai Gogol's Taras Bulba	[36]

Notes

1. "Encyclopedia of Ukraine on Sylvestr Kosiv". Retrieved 2008-03-04.
2. "Gavril Bănulescu-Bodoni" (in Romanian). Retrieved 2008-05-12.
3. "Makariy Bulgakov" (in Russian). Retrieved 2008-07-19.
4. "Patriarhul Nicodim Munteanu" (in Romanian). Retrieved 2008-05-12.
5. "Teofan Prokopovych in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine". Retrieved 2007-12-29.
6. "Encyclopedia of Ukraine on Dymytrii Rostovsky". Retrieved 2008-03-04.
7. Briukhovets’kyi, V. et al. (eds). (2001). Kyievo-Mohylians’ka akademiia v imenakh, XVII–XVIII st: Entsyklopedychne vydannia (in Ukrainian). Kiev: Publishing House "Kiev-Mohyla Academy". ISBN 966-518-132-7.
8. "Mitropolitul Visarion Puiu". Archived from the original on October 21, 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-12.(Romanian)
9. "Encyclopedia of Ukraine on Rafail Zaborovsky". Retrieved 2009-05-08.
10. Omeljan Pritsak and Ihor Sevcenko, eds. "The Kyiv Mohyla Academy (Commemorating the 350th Anniversary of Its Founding, 1632-1982)." Harvard Ukrainian Studies. vol. VIII, no. 1/2. Cambridge, MA, 1985. P. 83.
11. "Encyclopedia of Ukraine on Ivan Mazepa". Retrieved 2008-03-07.
12. "Encyclopedia of Ukraine on Pylyp Orlyk". Retrieved 2008-03-07.
13. "Encyclopedia of Ukraine on Pavlo Polubotok". Retrieved 2008-03-07.
14. "Encyclopedia of Ukraine on Ivan Vyhovsky". Retrieved 2008-03-07.
15. "Encyclopedia of Ukraine on Oleksander Bezborodko". Retrieved 2008-03-08.
16. "List of Public Prosecutors of Russia" (in Russian). Retrieved 2008-03-08.
17. (Ukrainian) Agricultural ministry headed by a graduate of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Pavlenko, Televiziyna Sluzhba Novyn (2 December 2014)
18. Serhiy Yefremov
19. "People's Deputy of Ukraine Mykola Tomenko" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2008-03-08.
20. "People's Deputy of Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2008-03-08.
21. "NaUKMA alumni 2001" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2008-03-08.
22. "Encyclopedia of Ukraine on Ivan Hryhorovych-Barskyi". Retrieved 2008-03-08.
23. "Encyclopedia of Ukraine on Maksym Berezovsky". Retrieved 2008-03-08.
24. "Oleksander Koshyts - famous conductor" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2008-07-19.
25. "Biography of Jovan Rajić" (in Serbian). Retrieved 2008-03-27.
26. "Alexei Mateevici - a saver of the language" (in Russian). Retrieved 2008-07-29.
27. "NaUKMA - 2002" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2007-09-22.
28. "A. I. L'vovich-Kostritsa, Mikhail Lomonosov His Life and Literary Activity" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-08-17.
29. "Encyclopedia of Ukraine on Hryhorii Skovoroda". Retrieved 2008-03-04.
30. uk:Юркевич Памфіл Данилович
31. "Encyclopedia of Ukraine on Innkentii Gizel". Retrieved 2008-03-04.
32. "James Mace at NaUKMA" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2008-03-04.
33. "President of NaUKMA V.S. Bryukhovetsky" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2007-12-29.
34. "Biography of Petro Prokopovych". Retrieved 2007-12-10.
35. "Dragon Capital". Retrieved 2007-12-10.
36. "Taras Bulba by N. Gogol". Retrieved 2007-09-01.

References

• NaUKMA notable professors and students (Ukrainian)
• Briukhovets’kyi, V. et al. (eds). (2001). Kyievo-Mohylians’ka akademiia v imenakh, XVII–XVIII st: Entsyklopedychne vydannia (in Ukrainian). Kiev: Publishing House "Kiev-Mohyla Academy". ISBN 966-518-132-7.