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Viktor Yelensky
Native Name:Віктор Єленський
Native Name Lang:uk
Birth Date:26 March 1957
Birth Place:Chadan, Tuvan Autonomous Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR
Nationality:Ukrainian
Alma Mater:Faculty of History, Kyiv University
Years Active:1980–present
Known For:scientist, religious scholar, publicist, teacher
Awards:Order of Merit

Viktor Yevgenovych Yelensky (Ukrainian: Віктор Євгенович Єленський; born March 26, 1957, Chadan) is a Ukrainian scholar and public figure, an expert in religious studies,[1] Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, Professor. He was a member of the Ukrainian Parliament (the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine) of the 8th convocation.

Biography

Viktor Yelensky was born on March 26, 1957, in Chadan, Tuva Region. The same year, the family returned to their native city of Kyiv. In this city, Viktor graduated from high school No. 85. In 1974, he became a student at the Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University (Faculty of History).[2]

During 1975–1977, Viktor Yelensky served in the Soviet Army. In 1986, as a reserve officer, Viktor was involved in the emergency response to the Chernobyl disaster, where, in the ranks of the 731st Special Protection Battalion, he worked in a particularly dangerous zone.[3] [4]

In 2018, he was awarded the Order of Merit of Grade III (State Award of Ukraine).[5]

Education

In 1982, Viktor Yelensky graduated with honors from the Department of History of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.[6]

In 1989, he defended his PhD thesis in philosophy for the scientific degree of the candidate of science with the research topic Protestantism in the process of social adaptation to the conditions of Soviet society. In 2003 he successfully protected at Institute of Philosophy of National Academy of Science the thesis for a Doctor's degree in Philosophy on the subject Religious and social changes in the process of post-communist transformation: Ukraine in the Central-Eastern European context and the degree of the Doctor of Science was appropriated to him.[7] [8]

He has interned at Columbia University (New York, USA, 1998) and Nijmengen University (Netherlands, 2003).[9]

Viktor Yelensky was a member of the Fulbright Scholar Program 2003–2004.[10] Within 2004 he worked at Brigham Young University (Utah, USA),[11] where he read a training course and studied the problems of religious freedom and national identity.

Professional activities

After graduating from the university, since 1982 Yelensky has worked as an inspector of the Council on Religious Affairs under the Cabinet of Ministers of the USSR. During 1987–1990 he headed the department of worldview culture of the Republican Center for Spiritual Culture.[12]

From 1991 to 1992 he worked as a researcher at the Institute of Sociology of the NAS of Ukraine. During 1992–2010, this researcher was a leading contributor to the Gregory Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

In 1996 Viktor Yelensky became a member of the International Society for the Sociology of Religion, and since 2001 he is the President of the Ukrainian Association of Religious Freedom.

Viktor Yelensky headed the Ukrainian journal for religious studies "Lyudina i Svit" ("Human Being and the World", 1995–2004) and lead the Kyiv Bureau of Radio Liberty (2005–2008). Also on the radio he was the host of the program "Freedom of Conscience".[13] [14]

Prof. Yelensky taught at the Ukrainian Catholic University (Professor, 2010–2014, Head of Department of Theology).[15] and at the Diplomatic Academy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (Professor, since 2005). Since 2011 he has been served as Director of the Center for the Study of Religion at the Drahomanov National Pedagogical University (Professor, since 2011).[16] [17]

He is married, has a daughter, a son, grandchildren.[18]

Political activities

From March to October 2014, Yelensky worked as an adviser to Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk. In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, he was elected to the Ukrainian Parliament (VIII convocation) on the lists of the political party People's Front. He did not pass the (next) 2019 parliamentary elections, when he ran for political party "Ukrainian Strategy of Groysman".[19]

In 2019 Yelensky was a member of the Ukrainian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.[20] That year, in June, he headed another Ukrainian delegation that took part in the work of the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy in Georgia. He supported Georgian protesters, who demanded deputies of the State Duma to leave the building of the Parliament of Georgia. He also condemned Russia's occupation of the territories of other Orthodox countries (Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine) and said that it undermined inter-Orthodox solidarity. Mr Yelensky was then attacked by members of the Russian delegation.[21]

Parliamentary activities

In the Verkhovna Rada of the 8th convocation Viktor Yelensky was the Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Culture and Spirituality of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (12/04/2014 – 08/28/2019), Chairman of the Subcommittee on State Policy on Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations (10/12/2014 – 08/28/2019).[22] [23] He participated in 96% of the meetings of the committee.[24]

He is the author or co-author of laws aimed at the development of cultural industries, the preservation of cultural heritage, and the implementation of constitutional guarantees of freedom of conscience. Among them were the following acts: "On Amendments to Some Laws of Ukraine on Volunteer Activity",[25] "On State Support for Cinematography in Ukraine",[26] "On Amendments to Some Laws of Ukraine (Establishing Educational Institutions by Religious Organizations)",[27] "On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine 'On Protection of Cultural Heritage' (on granting the status of the Marine Memorial underwater cultural heritage objects)",[28] "On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine (Concerning the Jurisdiction of Religious Organizations and the Procedure for State Registration of Religious Organizations with Legal Entity Status)".[29]

The latter Law was severely criticized by the Head of Moscow Patriarchate personally while Russian Orthodox religious dissident protodeacon Andrei Kuraev called it "beautiful".[30] [31]

On November 1, 2018, the Government of the Russian Federation included Viktor Yelensky in the list of sanctioned persons.[32]

According to Voxukraine's iMoRe Index, which characterizes the government's efforts to implement reforms, Viktor Yelensky ranks 21st in support of reform bills among 415 MPs of the 8th convocation.[33]

Yelensky took part in the July 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election with the party Ukrainian Strategy of Groysman.[34] But he was not elected to parliament as the party did not win any seats (it won 2.41% of the national vote).[35]

Academic activities

Viktor Yelensky is the author of books, academic works and publications published outside Ukraine. Among these countries are: Belgium, United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Poland, USA. Research interests: Church-State Relations, Religion and Globalization, Religion and Conflict, Sociology and Political Science of Religion.[36] [37]

He represents Ukraine in the international project REVACERN (Religions and values: Central and Eastern European research network).[38]

Academic works

Monographs
Other books

External links

Notes and References

  1. Релігієзнавча експертиза як феномен релігійно-правової свідомості . L.Maydanevych . 22 September 2014 . Релігієзнавство в Київському університеті: Інституційний та персональний вимір . KNU . Kyiv . 5 March 2020 . uk . 91 . Religious studies at Kyiv University: Institutional and personal measurements .
  2. Web site: Віктор Єленський . my.ua . 5 March 2020 . uk . Viktor Yelensky .
  3. Web site: Віктор Єленський . People's Front . 10 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190825211654/http://nfront.org.ua/team/member-details/viktor-yelenskyi . 25 August 2019 . uk . Viktor Yelensky .
  4. Web site: Зірка полин. 22-гі роковини Чорнобильської трагедії . 25 April 2008 . idelreal.org . 10 April 2020 . uk . Star of Artemisia. 22nd anniversary of the Chernobyl tragedy .
  5. Web site: Указ Президента України №241/2018 . 23 August 2018 . Official website of the President of Ukraine . 5 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190422001021/https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/2412018-24698 . 22 April 2019 . uk . Presidential Decree No. 241/2018 .
  6. Web site: Еленский Виктор Евгеньевич . 5 December 2014 . LB.ua . 5 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191206204223/https://lb.ua/file/person/1892_elenskiy_viktor_evgenevich.html . 6 December 2019 . ru . Yelensky Viktor Yevgenovych .
  7. Web site: Єленський Віктор Євгенович . 5 December 2010 . Local church . 10 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171102073002/http://www.pomisna.in.ua/2010/12/victor-elenskyj.html . 2 November 2017 . uk . Yelensky Viktor Yevgenovych .
  8. Web site: The works of V. Yelensky in the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine catalog . 10 April 2020 . uk .
  9. Web site: Наукова біографія доктора філософських наук В.Є. Єленського . V. Yelensky . 25 May 2015 . Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics . 10 April 2020 . uk . Scientific biography of V. Yelensky, of Doctor of Philosophical Sciences .
  10. Web site: The 25th Anniversary of the Fulbright Program in Ukraine: An Essay Collection. . 2017 . АДЕФ-Україна . Kyiv . 76 . 5 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181218102052/http://www.fulbrightcircle.org.ua/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Fulbright_Ukraine_25_.pdf . 18 December 2018 .
  11. Web site: Лобіювання інтересів новітніх релігійних організацій у колах експертів-науковців . Nikita Sofiysky . 22 May 2019 . Free word . 10 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191213232816/https://vilneslovo.com/лобіювання-інтересів-новітніх-реліг/ . 13 December 2019 . uk . Lobbying the interests of the newest religious organizations in the circles of expert scientists .
  12. Web site: Єленський Віктор Євгенович . V. Bondarenko . 2009 . Encyclopedia of modern Ukraine . 5 March 2020 . uk . Yelensky Viktor Yevgenovych .
  13. Web site: Довідка: Єленський Віктор Євгенович . Online Directory "Official Ukraine Today" . 5 March 2020 . uk . Information: Yelensky Viktor Yevgenovych .
  14. Web site: У Московського патріархату немає власності в Україні — Єленський . O.Laschenko . 23 September 2018 . ua.krymr.com . 5 March 2020 . uk . Moscow Patriarchate has no property in Ukraine — Yelensky .
  15. Web site: Кафедра богослов'я . Philosophical and Theological faculty . 5 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190810150926/http://theological.ucu.edu.ua/kafedry/kafedra-bogoslov-ya/ . 10 August 2019 . uk . Department of Theology .
  16. Web site: Declarations: Yelenskyi Viktor Yevhenovych from the NACP . Viktor Yelensky . Electronic declarations of officials and deputies . 10 April 2020 .
  17. Web site: International scientific conference on the topic "The Influence of Religion on Ukrainian Independence, Politics and Society" (21 February 2020) . Institute of international relations, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv . 10 April 2020 . Prof. Viktor Yelenskyi Director of the Center for Study of Religion at Dragomanov National Pedagogical University .
  18. Web site: Ця влада зупиняється тільки тоді, коли зустрічає опір. Слабкість жертви її збуджує. . Ihor Lubianov, Olga Bohachevska . 6 December 2012 . RISU . 5 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150325161040/https://risu.org.ua/ua/index/monitoring/society_digest/50593/ . 25 March 2015 . uk . This power is stopped only when it meets resistance. The weakness of the victim excites her. .
  19. Web site: Єленський Віктор Євгенович . chesno.org . 10 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180907205658/https://www.chesno.org/politician/18464/ . 7 September 2018 . uk . Yelensky Viktor Yevgenovych .
  20. Web site: PACE Member File: Viktor Ielenskyi . PACE . 5 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200109220242/http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/AssemblyList/MP-Details-EN.asp?MemberID=8006 . 9 January 2020 .
  21. News: Все про протести у Тбілісі: як російський депутат спровокував кризу у Грузії . Iryna Shtohrin . 21 June 2019 . Радіо Свобода . 5 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190622145053/https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/30012165.html . 22 June 2019 . uk . All about Tbilisi protests: how Russian MP provoked crisis in Georgia .
  22. Web site: Єленський Віктор Євгенович — Посади протягом скликання . Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine . 5 March 2020 . uk . Yelensky Viktor Yevgenovych — Posts during the convocation .
  23. Web site: Народний депутат України VIII скликання Єленський Віктор Євгенович . Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine . 5 March 2020 . uk . Member of Parliament of Ukraine of the 8th convocation Yelensky Viktor Yevgenovych .
  24. Web site: Єленський Віктор Євгенович — Рада . Civic Network "Opora" . 5 March 2020 . uk . Yelensky Viktor Yevgenovych — Rada .
  25. Web site: Проект Закону про внесення змін до деяких законів України (щодо волонтерської діяльності) . Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine . 5 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180313031747/http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/zweb2/webproc4_1?id=&pf3511=52877 . 13 March 2018 . uk . Draft Law on Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine (on Volunteer Activity) .
  26. Web site: Проект Постанови про прийняття за основу проекту Закону України про державну підтримку кінематографії в Україні . Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine . 5 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180313031710/http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/zweb2/webproc4_1?id=&pf3511=57259 . 13 March 2018 . uk . Draft Resolution on the adoption of the Bill on State Support for Cinematography in Ukraine as the Basis .
  27. Web site: Проект Закону про внесення змін до деяких законів України (щодо заснування релігійними організаціями навчальних закладів) . Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine . 5 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190730170636/http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/zweb2/webproc4_1?id=&pf3511=52915 . 30 July 2019 . uk . Draft Law on Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine (Relating to the Establishment of Educational Institutions by Religious Organizations) .
  28. Web site: Проект Закону про внесення змін до Закону України "Про охорону культурної спадщини" (щодо надання об'єктам підводної культурної спадщини статусу Морського меморіалу) . Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine . 5 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180313031734/http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/zweb2/webproc4_1?id=&pf3511=55663 . 13 March 2018 . uk . Draft Law on Amendments to the Law of Ukraine "On Protection of Cultural Heritage" (on granting the status of the Marine Memorial underwater cultural heritage objects) .
  29. Web site: Проект Закону про внесення змін до деяких законів України (щодо підлеглості релігійних організацій та процедури державної реєстрації релігійних організацій зі статусом юридичної особи) . Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine . 5 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190721231804/http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/zweb2/webproc4_1?pf3511=65346 . 21 July 2019 . uk . Draft Law on Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine (Concerning Jurisdiction of Religious Organizations and Procedure for State Registration of Religious Organizations with Legal Entity Status) .
  30. Web site: His Holiness Patriarch Kirill sends letters to heads of Normandy Four states, Primates of Local Orthodox Churches, Pope Francis, UN Secretary-General and WCC General Secretary concerning anti-church bills due to be adopted by Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine . 16 May 2017 . The Russian Orthodox Church (Department for External Church Relations) . 10 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190121192423/https://mospat.ru/en/2017/05/16/news146007/ . 21 January 2019.
  31. Web site: Прекрасный украинский закон . Andrey Kuraev . 17 May 2017 . 10 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180218122559/https://diak-kuraev.livejournal.com/1593808.html . 18 February 2018 . ru . Beautiful Ukrainian law . А ведь это реальный путь к возрождению церковной жизни. По сути это понуждение к составлению списка прихожан. А когда будут такие списки — можно проводить нефиктивные выборы в приходской совет или делегатов на соборы разных уровней, вплоть до Поместного. [But this is a real way to the revival of church life. In essence, this is a compulsion to make a list of parishioners. And when there are such lists, it is possible to hold non-fictitious elections to the parish council or delegates to cathedrals of different levels, right up to the Local.] .
  32. Web site: Постановление правительства России "О мерах по реализации Указа Президента Российской Федерации от 22 октября 2018 г. № 592" . Russian Government . 5 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191117110331/http://static.government.ru/media/files/AHKW1WfDGrhdKbhzH1dkMLZM8gchGjla.pdf . 17 November 2019 . ru . Decree of the Government of Russia "On measures to implement the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of October 22, 2018 No. 592" .
  33. Web site: Рейтинг депутатов iMoРe . 5 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180420073749/https://voxukraine.org/indices/imore-mps/index_ru.html . 20 April 2018 . ru . Rating of deputies iMoРe .
  34. https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-elections/2716873-groysman-presents-his-party-team-to-run-for-parliament-photos.html Groysman presents his party team to run for parliament. Photos
  35. https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-elections/2748306-cec-counts-100-percent-of-vote-in-ukraines-parliamentary-elections.html CEC counts 100 percent of vote in Ukraine's parliamentary elections
  36. Українське релігієзнавство в контексті світової науки про релігію . L.Phylypovych . 22 September 2014 . Релігієзнавство в Київському університеті: Інституційний та персональний вимір . KNU . Kyiv . 117–118 . 5 March 2020 . uk . Ukrainian Religious Studies in the Context of World Religion Science.
  37. See: Yelensky . Viktor . 2019. N. Leustean . Lucian . Orthodox Churches, Nation-Building and Forced Migration in Ukraine . 10 April 2020 . . Forced Migration and Human Security in the Eastern Orthodox World . 25–65 . 10.4324/9781351185233-2 . 978-0-8153-9470-9. 211413886 . ; Wanner . Catherine . Yelensky . Viktor . 2019 . Myshlovska . Oksana . Schmid . Ulrich . Religion and the Cultural Geography of Ukraine . Budapest; New York . Central European University Press . Regionalism Without Regions (Reconceptualizing Ukraine's Heterogeneity) . 247–296 . 10.7829/j.ctvs1g8jn . 9789637326639 . ; Viktor . Jelensky . 2015 . Boeckh . Katrin . Turij . Oleh . Religionspluralismus, Religionsfreiheit und Entsäkularisierung: der Fall Ukraine . Religious pluralism, freedom of religion and secularization: the Ukraine case . 10 April 2020 . de . München; Berlin; Leipzig; Washington (D.C.) . Biblion Media . Religiöse Pluralität Als Faktor des Politischen in der Ukraine . 3 . 213–231 . 978-3-86688-505-9 . ; Book: Yelensky . Viktor . 2015. Ziebertz . Hans-Georg . Črpić . Gordan . Religion and Human Rights: The Case of Ukraine . http://enpuir.npu.edu.ua/bitstream/123456789/16530/1/Religion%20and%20Human%20rights%20the%20case%20of%20Ukraine.pdf . 10 April 2020 . Springer International Publishing Switzerland . Springer International Publishing Switzerland . Religion and Human Rights . 195–206 . 10.1007/978-3-319-09731-2_16 . 978-3-319-09730-5 . ; Yelensky . Viktor . 2014. Warchala . Michał . Religion and Nation-Building in the Epoch.of Desecularization: The Case of Ukraine . 10 April 2020 . Kraków . Institute of Philosophy and Sociology Pedagogical University of Cracow . Studia Sociologica VI . 1 . 126–143 . ;Elenskii . Viktor . 2014 . Ukrainian Orthodoxy and the Ukrainian Project . 10 April 2020 . NY . Armonk . Russian Politics and Law . 52 . 4 . 7–33 . 10.2753/RUP1061-1940520401 . 219294500 . 1061-1940 .
    Book: Yelensky . Viktor . 2012. Wanner . Catherine . The Revival before the Revival: Popular and Institutionalized Religion in Ukraine on the Eve of the Collapse of Communism . 10 April 2020 . Washington, D.C.; New York . Woodrow Wilson Center Press; Oxford University Press . State Secularism and Lived Religion in Soviet Russia and Ukraine . 302–330 . 978-0-19-993761-5 . ; Yelensky . Viktor . 2010 . Religiosity in Ukraine according to Sociological Surveys . Religion, State and Society . 38 . 3 . 213–227 . 10.1080/09637494.2010.499280 . 145595275 . 0963-7494 . ; Yelensky . Victor . 2008 . Religious Freedom: The case of Ukraine . Institute for Global Engagement; Taylor & Francis . The Review of Faith & International Affairs . 6 . 2 . 67–71 . 10.1080/15570274.2008.9523341 . 144213040 . 1557-0274 . ; Yelensky . Victor . 2006 . Roudometof . Victor . Agadjanian . Alexander . Rankhurst . Jerry . Globalization, Nationalism, and Orthodoxy: The Case of Ukrainian Nation Building . 10 April 2020 . AltaMira Press . Eastern Orthodoxy in a Global Age: Tradition Faces the 21st Century . 144–175 . 978-0-7591-0537-9 . ; Yelensky . Viktor . 2003 . Sutton . Jonathan . Bercken . William Peter van den . Orthodoxy and Post-Communist Changes: the Case of Ukraine. 5 March 2020 . Leuven . Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Europe: Selected Papers of the International Conference Held at the University of Leeds, England, in June 2001 . 567 . 9042912669 . ; Religion in Ukraine: Changes, immutabilities and generational gap . Victor Yelensky . 2003 . Religion and Generations . ISSR/SISR . Turin . 5 March 2020 . ; Web site: Zehn Stimmen zur Frage "Wie beurteilen Sie die Situation Europas angesichts der Säkularisierung?" . OST-WEST. Europäische Perspektiven . 5 March 2020 . de . Ten votes on the question "How do you assess the situation in Europe in the face of secularization?" . ; Yelensky . Victor . 2003 . I. Borowik . "Late" Protestants in Post-Communist Ukraine . 5 March 2020 . Warszawa . NOMOS . Religions, Churches and the Scientific Studies of Religion: Poland and Ukraine . 71–88 . 83-88508-41-5 . ; Yelensky . Victor . 2002 . Religion, Church, and State in the Post-Communist Era: The Case of Ukraine (with Special References to Orthodoxy and Human Rights Issues) . 5 March 2020 . Brigham Young University Law Review . 1 . 453–488 . ; Jelenski . Viktor . Stricker . Gerd . 2004 . Stricker . Gerd . Juden in der Ukraine . Jews in Ukraine . 5 March 2020 . de . Zürich . Glaube in der 2. Welt . 7–8 . 26–30 .
  38. Book: Benavides . Gustavo . Stuckrad . Kocku von . Kocku von Stuckrad . Sullivan . Winnifred Fallers . 2011 . Religion and Society . 5 March 2020 . 51 . De Gruyter . 978-3-11-022813-7 . 1437-5370 . Expert advisers: Dénes Kiss (Cluj-Napoca), Viktor Yelensky (Kiev).

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