Yukhym Sitsinskyi

Yukhym Sitsinskyi was a Ukrainian historian, archaeologist and cultural activist Podolia, Orthodox priest.

Yukhym Sitsinskyi
Юхим Сіцінський
Personal details
Born	Yukhym Sitsinskyi 27 October 1859
Died	7 December 1937(1937-12-07) (aged 78)
Nationality	Ukrainian
Children	Volodymyr Sichynskyi
Occupation	Archaeologist, historian, regional history, ethnography, archaeology, social activism and Orthodoxy
labor	"Bakota - the ancient capital of Ponizia."
labor	"The city of Kamenets Podolsky. Historical description" (1895)

Historian

He was the fourth child in the large priestly family of Joseph and Ksenia Sitsinski. In total, the parents had 8 children - Stephanida, Volodymyr (became a priest), Elizaveta (died young), Yukhym, Oleksandra, Yulia, Glafira, Elizaveta.

Works

The scientist's creative output includes more than 300 scientific papers and 150 review articles on more than 1,150 historical, regional and ethnographic articles from various publications. Numerous works of Sitsinsky relate to: history, archeology, religion, art, architecture, ethnography, folklore of Podillia. The most important of them are:

• "Bakota - the ancient capital of Ponizia" (1889).
• "Historical information about parishes and churches of the Podolsk diocese" (1895–1911).
• "Materials for the history of the monasteries of the Podolsk diocese" (1891).
• "The city of Kamenets Podolskyi. Historical description" (1895).
• Archaeological map of the Podolsk province (1901).
• "A disappearing type of wooden churches of Podolia" (1904).
• "Painting of churches in the South Russian style" (1907).
• Historical places of Podolia and their attractions. Kamenets-Podolsk, (1911).
• "Sketches from the History of Podillia" (1920).
• "Essays on the history of Podillia", parts 1-2 (1927).
• Defensive castles of the Western Podillia of the XIV-XVII centuries. (1928).