Institute of History of Ukraine
The institute was established on the decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine on July 23, 1936, and the Presidium of Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR on July 27, 1936, based on several departments and commission of the academy and the All-Ukrainian Association of Marx-Lenin Institutes (VUAMLIN).After the Soviet annexation of eastern Poland during the World War II, in Lviv, Western Ukraine was established a branch of the institute, which was headed by Ivan Krypiakevych.On 9 June 1944, the All-Union Committee in affairs of Higher School confirmed its pre-war decision for providing the faculty council of the institute the right to accept for review candidate dissertations and award based on thesis defense a science degree of candidate of historical sciences specializing in "History of Ukraine" and "History of the USSR".In the spirit of the 1947 Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine guidelines, there was prepared a dual volume book "History of Ukrainian SSR" (1953–1957).In the statement, the institute was accused in "serious mistakes and rough distortion", "remnants of bourgeoisie nationalistic views" in works of selected staff workers, and next to that was placed a "combat mission", to prepare Marxist–Leninist "Short course of history of Ukraine".