The XIII All-Ukrainian Symposium on Agrarian History took place at Bohdan Khmelnytsky National University of Cherkasy.

 The event was moderated by Professor Serhii Koronovenko, director of the Research Institute of Peasantry and Agrarian History at BKNUC.

The participants were welcomed by the university rector, Oleksandr Cherevko.

 “Ukrainian archetypes are not only Cossack, but above all peasant and grain-grower. And agrarian history is a large part of Ukraine's history,” he said.

 This was discussed today at the XIII All-Ukrainian Symposium on Agrarian History. For more than a quarter of a century, symposia on agrarian history have been creating Ukrainian history itself, a Ukrainian view on our past. They have become a platform for the formation and development of domestic schools of agrarian historians, bringing together scientists from different parts of the country and the world around the study of the Ukrainian peasantry – one of the foundations of our national identity.

 It is gratifying that this path was started and continues in the halls of the Bohdan Khmelnytsky National University of Cherkasy — the scientific home of outstanding researchers who laid the foundation for the formation of Professor Anatolii Morozov's Cherkasy school of agrarian historians.

 Scientists and students of the Educational-Scientific Institute of International Relations, History, and Philosophy have made a significant contribution to this work. I would like to single out Professors Serhii Kornovenko and Yurii Prysiazhniuk.

 Much of the research was conducted with the financial support of Petro Dusheiko, honorary chairman of the Independent Association of Agricultural Enterprises of the Chornobay District and member of the Supervisory Board of Cherkasy National University.

 The regional authorities, represented today by the deputy head of the Cherkasy Regional Military Administration, Oleksandr Shamrai, have also provided unwavering support.

 Ukraine is currently undergoing severe trials. We must defend both our territory and our people. But we must also defend our identity, which is also being threatened by the enemy. This is exactly what our scientists are doing. We are grateful to the defenders for the fact that we are able to work and that we have the right to our history.

 Deputy Head of the Cherkasy Regional Military Administration Oleksandr Shamrai conveyed greetings from the Head of the Regional Military Administration Ihor Taburets to the scientists. He noted that historians today are performing an extremely important mission – recording events, restoring historical justice, and preserving historical memory. He thanked the members and director of the Research Institute of Peasantry and Agrarian History at Cherkasy National University for their work, and Petro Dusheiko for his help with scientific research.

Petro Dusheiko addressed the scientists:

 “Ukraine always depended on grain-growers. And now, during the war, farmers are the key to our country's economic stability. They're the ones who bring Ukraine the foreign currency reserves that are needed to buy weapons. They feed and clothe the army. Plus, a lot of people from villages are fighting in our Armed Forces. As we can see, the peasantry is fully carrying the burden of war. I am grateful to historians and the Society of Agrarian Historians of Cherkasy National University for studying the history of the peasantry from ancient times to the present day. Today, it is important to gather factual material. In the future, the next generation of scholars will reflect on these events and give them an objective evaluation”.

The symposium participants listened to thematic presentations and worked in sections.

The reports will be published in the coming issues of the “Ukrainian Peasant” journal.