Tomenchuk Bohdan Petrovych

He was born on 3 September 1950 in the village of Tsenyava, Kolomyia district, Ivano-Frankivsk region. He lives in Kolomyia.
He studied at Kolomyia secondary schools №10 and №2. After serving in the army (Czechoslovakia), in 1971-1976 he studied at the Faculty of History of Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi State University (CSU). He specialised in archeology. He took annual internships in the archaeological expeditions of the Chernivtsi State University and scientific institutions of Kyiv. While studying at the university, he participated in four student scientific conferences (Kyiv, Dnipro).
Professional activity: The scientific experience gained during his student years made it possible, after graduating from the University of Chernivtsi, to independently lead archaeological expeditions first to the Chernivtsi and then Ivano-Frankivsk Museums of Local Lore, where he worked as a researcher and head of the Department of Archaeology in 1976-2000. In 1980, he worked as a laboratory assistant, and in 2002-2008 he was a researcher at the Institute of Archeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (part-time). In 1995, he worked as a lecturer at the Department of Fine Arts of the Faculty of Art of Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University (part-time). In 1998, he defended his PhD thesis in archeology at the Institute of Archeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Since 1999, he has worked as a lecturer at the Department of Religious Studies of the Faculty of Philosophy, and then as an associate professor of the Department of World History of the Faculty of History of Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University. Since 2006, he has worked as an associate professor at the Department of Ethnology and Archeology, and from 2014 to 2024 he was the head of the department.

1. Tomenchuk B. Research of a wooden rotunda at the ancient Russian settlement in Oleshkiv on the Prut // Notes of the Shevchenko Scientific Society (ZNTSH). – Lviv, 1993. ‒ Т,ССХХV. ‒ p. 87-96.
2. Tomenchuk B. Three periods of development of Halych in the light of archaeological research // Abstracts of the Ukrainian delegation at the VI International Congress of Slavic Archaeology. – Kyiv, 1996. ‒ p. 111-113.
3. Tomenchuk B. Ukraine in the geopolitical space of the ninth century (according to the Bavarian Geographer) // Galicia. – Ivano-Frankivsk, 2001. ‒ №7. ‒ p.58-66
4. Tomenchuk B, Filipchuk M. Bukivna – the chronicle Bykoven on the Dniester. – Ivano-Frankivsk, 2001, ‒ 56 p.
5. Tomenchuk B, Vuyanko M. Archaeology of Ivano-Frankivsk (Stanislaviv). Materials of conservation research (1998-2001). – Ivano-Frankivsk, 2002, ‒ 160 p.
6. Tomenchuk B. Montenegro in the history of the ancient Slavs (according to Al Masudi of the tenth century) // Galicia. – Ivano-Frankivsk, 2002. ‒ №8. ‒ p.5-15
7. Tomenchuk B. Dnipro and Dniester trans-European routes ‘from the Barbarians to the Greeks’ in the geopolitics of medieval Ukraine // Ukraine Soborna. Collection of scientific papers. Issue 2. – Kyiv, 2005. ‒ p.50-55.
8. Tomenchuk B. Oleshky Rotunda. Archaeology of Wooden Temples of Galician Land in the XII-XIII centuries – Ivano-Frankivsk, 2005. ‒ 167 p.
9. Tomenchuk B. Archaeology of the necropolises of Halych and the Galician land. Statehood. Christianisation. – Ivano-Frankivsk,2006, ‒ 328 p.
10. Tomenchuk B. Archaeology of the settlements of Galician land. Galician-Bukovyna Prykarpattia. Materials of research 1976-2006 – Ivano-Frankivsk, 2008. ‒ 695 p.
11. Tomenchuk B. Wooden monumental architecture of princely Halych in the latest archaeological research // Dnieslovo. Collection of scientific papers. – Kyiv, 2008, ‒ p. 181-190.
12. Tomenchuk B. Fortification of Ancient Halych // Archaeology and Ancient History of Ukraine; Issue 1. – Kyiv, 2010. ‒ p.335-344.
13. Tomenchuk B. Fortification of Bukovyna settlements. – Chernivtsi-Kyiv, 2010. – Issue 4. ‒ p.180-201.
14. Tomenchuk B. Kuhutyak M. Chornohora sanctuary // Carpathians: Man, Ethnicity, Civilization. – Ivano-Frankivsk, 2011. – Issue 2. p.96-115.
15. Tomenchuk B. Four-royal courtyards of chronicle Halych. Results of archaeological research of palace complexes (1991-2012) // Archaeology and Ancient History of Ukraine. Issue II. Kyiv, 2013. ‒ p.165-177.
16. Tomenchuk M. Melnychuk O. Archaeology of late medieval Halych as a “church city” and religious center of Halych (mid-13th century – 1785) // Halych. Collection of scientific papers. – Issue 2 – Ivano-Frankivsk, 2017. ‒ p.51-78.
17. Tomenchuk B. Croats of Galician-Bukovyna Prykarpattia and the ways of their migration to the Balkans // Materials of the archaeological seminar. Chernivtsi, 2018. p.82-86
18. Tomenchuk B. Ancient Halych in the Dniester Prykarpattia. Some results of the research of the Galician archaeological expedition (1991-2012). Stan ipotrzebybadanarcheologicznych w Karpatach. Krosno, 2017. ‒ p. 521-540.
19. Tomenchuk B. Archaeology of prehistoric Halych as a cult and religious center of the “Great White Unbaptized Croatia” (to the question of the foundation of Halych in the second half of the century) // Halych. Collection of scientific papers. – Issue 3. – Ivano-Frankivsk, 2018. ‒ p. 10-53
20. Tomenchuk B. Features of the organization of the spatial structure of ancient settlements, cemeteries and church complexes. No. 14 – 15. Ivano-Frankivsk,2018. ‒ p.12-18.
21. Baran V, Tomenchuk B. Figurnyi Y. – Ancient Halych. – Lviv. ‒ 2017. ‒ 132 p.
22. Tomenchuk B. – Galicia and Little Galician Land. XII-XIII centuries. Historical topography of settlements. – Ivano-Frankivsk, 2016. ‒ 595 p.
23. Tomenčuk, I.Kočkin. Izarheološkihstarina// PrikarpatskaGalicija (prijevodi s ukrajinskoga). PrirediliJevgenijPaščenco i TetyanaFuderer. Zagreb, 2017. p. 11-19.
24. Tomenchuk B. Chronicle Halych. To the question of its foundation in the second half of the tenth century // Vozvyagl – Zvyagl – Novohrad-Volynskyi in the time span of millennia – Kharkiv, Kyiv, 2017. – p. 59-71.
25. Tomenchuk B., Melnychuk O. Archaeology of late medieval Halych as a “church city” and religious center of Halych (mid-thirteenth century – 1785) // Halych. Collection of scientific works. – Issue 2. – Ivano-Frankivsk, 2017. – p. 51-78.
26. Tomenchuk B. Features of the organization of the spatial structure of ancient settlements, cemeteries and church complexes // Ethnos and Culture. No. 14-15. – Ivano-Frankivsk, 2018. – p. 12-18.
27. Tomenchuk B. Galician-Bukovyna Prykarpattia as a contact ethno-cultural zone of the Sclavians and Antes. To the problem of localization of the “Lake of Mursian” Jordan // Abstracts of the international scientific conference. – Chernivtsi, 2019. ‒ p. 105-107.
28. Tomenchuk B. Recent ethnoarchaeological research of the Eastern Boykivshchyna. Materials of the regional scientific-practical conference “Tereny of Eastern Boikivshchyna”. Dolyna, 2021. p. 2–5.
29. Tomenchuk B. Landscape-geographical features and spatial-territorial organization of ancient Halych. Halych. Collection of scientific works. I 6. p. 10-37.
30. Tomenchuk B.P. To the question of the architectural and spatial organization of the layout of ancient Russian settlements of Galician-Bukovyna Prykarpattia // Archaeology of Bukovyna: Achievements and Prospects. Materials of the reports of the VI international scientific seminar. Chernivtsi 2022. p. 146-149.
31. Tomenchuk B. Ethno-cultural and ethno-political processes in the Eastern Carpathian region in the context of global natural and climatic changes in Europe (Neolithic – Late Middle Ages). Carpathians: man, ethnos, civilization. 2023. I 9. p. 35-47. 
32. Tomenchuk B., Kobylnyk R., Khruslov B., Kochkin I. Archaeological research of the monuments of sacred heritage of the Carpathian region by Professor Mykola Kuhutyak. Carpathians: man, ethnos, civilization. I 9. p. 35-47. 
33. Tomenchuk B. On the question of “the beginning of Galicia and where it came from”. Abstracts of the VII International Scientific Seminar (Chernivtsi, December 22, 2023). Chernivtsi, 2023. p. 163-164.
34. Tomenchuk B. Archaeology of ancient Halych // Halych. Collection of scientific papers / edited by M. Voloshchuk. Ivano-Frankivsk: “Lileia-NV, 2022. Series 2. I 9. 368 p.
35. Tomenchuk B.P., Zhernokleyev O.S. The Problem of Christianization and Cyril and Methodius Origin of Christianity in Volyn and Prykarpattia in Modern Ukrainian Historiography. Topical issues in modern science. 2023. № 9(15). p. 929-950 .

He has been a leading expert in the field of Ukrainian archeology for over 40 years of his life. Since 1989, B. Tomenchuk has been researching ancient Halych. First, as the head of the Old Rus detachment of the Galician Archaeological Expedition of the Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ivano-Frankivsk Museum of Local Lore and the National Reserve “Ancient Halych,” and since 2000 – as the head of the Galician Archaeological Expedition of Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University. He also served as the head of the student archaeological practice. The most interesting archaeological sites were: the chronicle mound “Halychyna Mohyla”, five wooden palace complexes, residential and economic development of the childhood home of Prince Halych and its defensive fortifications. Having spent more than 30 archaeological seasons on the territory of ancient Halych, B. Tomenchuk formed a new concept of the origin and evolution of Halych and the Galician land, which is the basis of his latest scientific research.

As the head of archaeological expeditions, B. Tomenchuk conducted 45 archaeological seasons, during which, in particular, such chronicle cities as Vasyliv, Kuchelmin, and Bykoven on the Dniester, Oleshkiv on the Prut, and Horodok on the Cheremosh were investigated. He excavated dozens of defensive structures and more than a hundred residential, economic, and craft buildings of the tenth and fourteenth centuries. In addition, he studied 4 wooden churches of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, including the unique in Europe Oleshkiv rotunda-tomb (20 burials under the floor). In total, B. Tomenchuk has studied more than 500 ancient burials of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. in addition, B. Tomenchuk was a scientific consultant during the excavations of the graves of victims of Stalinist repression in Demianovyi Laz, Posich, and on the territory of the memorial park in Ivano-Frankivsk.

In 2010-2015, B. Tomenchuk conducted protective archaeological research of the Manyava Skete as part of the Carpathian Historical and Archaeological Expedition of the University (headed by M. Kuhutyak) and the Carpathian Archaeological Expedition of the Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (headed by V. Romanets). They studied the defense system and the construction of the central monastery settlement. In addition, the foundations of two wooden churches in the Skytyk and Voznesinka tracts were investigated.

In 2016-2021, B. Tomenchuk conducted protective archaeological research of the Hoshiv Monastery as part of the Carpathian Historical and Archaeological Expedition of the University and the Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (supervisors: M. Kuhutyak and V. Romanets). The infrastructure of the monastery complex was studied. In particular, the foundations of two wooden churches in the Chornyi Dilok tract were discovered and investigated. In addition, at this time, protective archaeological research was conducted on the late medieval castle and monastery in the vicinity of Dolyna. The ancient infrastructure of Dolyna was also studied separately.

As a lecturer, he teaches standard courses:

“History of Ancient Civilizations”, ‘History of the Ancient East’, ‘History of Ancient Civilizations’, ‘History of Ancient Greece and Rome’, ‘Trans-Carpathian Routes in the Ethnoculture of the Peoples of the Carpathian Region’, ‘Religious Ethnology’, ‘Comparative Ethnoarchaeology’, ‘Ethnocultural Processes in the Carpathian Region’, ‘Ecosystem in the Ethnoculture of the Ancient Population of the Eastern Carpathian Region’, ‘Archaeology of Halych and the Galician Land’.

During the educational process at the university, Bohdan Tomenchuk supervises bachelor’s, master’s and PhD research in the field of archaeology and ethnoarchaeology.

Bohdan Petrovych Tomenchuk is the author of more than 150 scientific articles and 10 monographs, including 5 individual ones.

The internship takes place every five years at Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University.

International cooperation with the Republic of Croatia

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Faculty of History, Political Science and International Relations

Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University

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