General information about the lecturer
V. Baran was born in 1953. He graduated from Lutsk secondary school № 1 in 1973. He studied at the Faculty of History in Lesya Ukrainka Lutsk State Pedagogical Institute in 1973–1977, which he graduated with honors. He was called up for military service in 1977–1979.
Practical activity
V. Baran was an assistant in 1984–1991 in Lesya Ukrainka Lutsk State Pedagogical Institute. In 1979–1986 – researcher, senior researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR.
He became a senior lecturer at Lesya Ukrainka Lutsk State Pedagogical Institute in 1986, soon later – Associate Professor. Since 1992 – Professor at the Department of History of Slavic Peoples of Lesya Ukrainka Volyn State University, in 1993–2001 – Head of this Department.
Since 2002 – Professor (an academic title) of Lesya Ukrainka Volyn State University.
In 1998–2005 – Vice-Rector for Humanitarian Affairs of Lesya Ukrainka Volyn State University.
In 2001–2010 – Head of the Department of Contemporary History of Ukraine.
In 2010–2020 – Head of the Department of Modern and Contemporary History of Ukraine.
Since 2020 – Head of the Department of History of Ukraine and Archeology.
Training courses
Research interests
Contemporary history of Ukraine (middle of the ХХ – beginning of the ХХ centuries).
Scientific school (postgraduate students)
He created historical school. He is the research supervisor of many scientists including:
Awards
Diplomas of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, the Volyn Regional Council, the Volyn Regional State Administration,
Badge «Excellent in Education of Ukraine» (1998), Honorary title «Honored Worker of Science and Engineering of Ukraine» (2018).
Scientific publications
1. Ukraine after Stalin: Essay on History 1953–1985. Lviv, 1992. 124 p.
2. Ukraine in the 1950s and 1960s: the Evolution of the Totalitarian System. Lviv, 1996. 448 p.
3. Ukraine in the Circumstances of a Systemic Crisis (1946–1980s). Ukraine through the ages. Vol. 13. Kyiv, 1999. 304 p.
4. Ukraine: Contemporary History (1945−1991). Lviv, 2003. 670 p.
5. History of Ukraine of 1945–1953. Lviv, 2005. 184 p.
6. Ukraine: Western Lands: 1939–1941. Lviv, 2009. 448 p.
7. «Purge» («Zachystka»): Political Repression in the Western Regions of Ukraine in 1939–1941. Lviv, 2014. 456 p.
Contacts
43021, Lutsk, Shopen street, 24 (building D)
E-mail: baranv@ukr.net.
0332 248030