Bohdan Osadchuk Explained

Bohdan Osadchuk (1 August 1920 – 19 October 2011) was a Ukrainian diaspora historian and journalist.[1]

Osadchuk was born in Kolomyia. He was a professor at the Free University of Berlin, one of the most senior members of the Ukrainian Free University (UFU) of Munich, and a long-standing freelance writer for Kultura, a Polish emigre magazine published in Paris (editor Jerzy Giedroyc). In 2009 he was awarded a Bene Merito Honour medal by Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski in recognition of scientific achievements and efforts to Polish-Ukrainian reconciliation.[2]

He died in Czechówka near Myślenice situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship.

He was an honorary doctorate of National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy since 2006.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.centrum.umcs.pl/en/about-us/history College history
  2. http://www.msz.gov.pl/Wreczenie,przez,ministra,Radoslawa,Sikorskiego,odznaki,Bene,Merito,31431.html Wręczenie przez ministra Radosława Sikorskiego odznaki Bene Merito