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WASHINGTON - Two highly respected Ukrainian historians and administrators of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS) were honored with this year's Omelan and Tatiana Antonovych Foundation awards for their exemplary work in expanding the world's understanding of Ukraine, its history and culture.
Dr. Zenon Kohut and Dr. Frank Sysyn received their awards on November 10 at the annual presentation ceremony at the Embassy of Ukraine in the U.S. capital. Their names were added to the 63 previous recipients so honored since the Antonovych prizes were founded in 1981.
Opening the presentation ceremony, foundation President Ihor Voyevidka described Drs. Kohut and Sysyn as "shining examples of many years of work in spreading the knowledge about Ukraine, from the Kozak period to the present, and its integration into European modern history." The award plaque for Dr. Kohut notes "his contribution to the study of Kozak Ukraine," and Dr. Sysyn's plaque - "his contribution to scholarship in Ukraine."
Dr. Martha Bohachevsky-Chomiak, who chairs the Antonovych award selection jury, in her brief comments about this year's laureates, said their historical research served to disprove the old widely accepted Polish and Russian nationalistic pretensions on Ukrainian territories and "influenced a wide sector of Slavic and East-European studies." Dr. Bohachevsky-Chomiak is a 1989 Antonovych award honorée.
The other two members of the jury, Dr. Orest Subtelny and Dr. Roman Szporluk, also are Antonovych laureates: Dr. Subtelny in 1982 and Dr. Szporluk in 2000.
Dr. Szporluk, in his remarks, spoke about this year's honorées as "very important research historians." Their major contribution...