bibliography

Prydatko-Dolin, V. 2026. History of theriological research in the region of the Black Sea Biosphere Reserve. Novitates Theriologicae, 18: 331–346. https://doi.org/10.53452/nt1831

title

Ukraine natives and people from Ukraine in Arctic and Antarctic: a theriological view

author(s)

Vasyl Prydatko-Dolin (National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0128-4928

abstract

An attempt to see a scale of not only acquired but also lost relevant knowledge. In the old Kyiv prints references to mammals of the North were date back to the 12th century. Then there is an information gap, which new archaeological and ethnographic findings have only partially filled. From around the 18th century, people from Ukraine began migrating as far as Alaska, as evidenced by toponymic evidence. In general, from the end of the 18th c. to the present day, hundreds of thousands of PFU have visited the Arctic, including those fleeing Stalin's repressions. Almost about two thousand visited Antarctica. Only dozens were the theriologists. Some captains (Y. Lysiansky, I. Zavadovsky), and separate conscious whalers of ‘Slava’ and ‘Sovetskaya Ukraina’ also took part in the study. Among the prominent names were I. Pidoplichko, L. Portenko, M. Dikov etc. Despite the war, the contribution of Ukrainians to the study is becoming increasingly noticeable. Given Ukraine's distance from the polar regions, this is undoubtedly a phenomenon.

language

Ukrainian, with English summary

references

Archer, С. 2026. Ponies of the Southern Sky. Equus, 460: 1–9. URL
Bancroft, H. 1886. The Works, History of Alaska. A. L. Bancroft & Со., San Francisco, 1–814.
Barrett, J., N. Khamaiko, G. Ferrari, [et al.]. 2022. Walruses on the Dnieper: new evidence for the intercontinental trade of Greenlandic ivory in the Middle Ages. Proc. R. Soc. B. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.2773
Bellingshausen, T. 1831. Two-time searches in the Southern Arctic Ocean and sailing around the world in the continuation of 1819, 20 and 21 years [...]. The Ivan Glazunov’s printing house, St. Petersburg, 1: 1–398 (410) URL; 2: 1–327 (527) URL. [Russian]
Belikov S., V. Prydatko. 2013 a. Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus), Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus), White Whale (Delphinapterus leucas), Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus), Ringed Seal (Pusa hispida), Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus), ‘Not-identified Whales’, ’Not-identified Seals’ and Narwal (Monodon monoceros) - Graduated Quantity in the Central Arctic Based on ‘The Russian Arctic Biogeographical Database’ of 1957-2011. The Pew Environment Group “Oceans North” International Arctic Program Support. Report (on request), 1−50.
Belikov, S., V. Prydatko, V. 2013 b. Bear and ringed seal observations (Russian data). Marine mammals: connecting Arctic regions. The International Waters of the Central Arctic. PEW, 4: 1–14. The Pew Charitable Trusts. Washington, D.C. URL
Billings, J. 1802. An Account of a Geographical and Astronomical Expedition to the Northern Parts of Russia [...]. Printed by A. Strahan, London, 1–456.
Convey, P., A. Morton, J. Poncet. 1999. Survey of marine birds and mammals of the South Sandwich Islands. Polar Record, 35 (193): 107–124. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247400026450
Diachenko, D. 2025. Weapons of east Baltic origin in the territory of Southern Rus’. Archaeology and Early History of Ukraine, 3 (56): 137–164. [Ukrainian] https://doi.org/10.37445/adiu.2025.03.09
Dykyy, I., A. Peklo. 2012. Seals of the Argentine Islands (Antarctica). Collection of Works of the Zoological Museum, 43: 104–116. [Russian] URL
Dykyy, I., O. Salganskiy. 2013. Growth peculiarities of Weddell Seal pups (Leptonychotes weddellii). The Ukrainian Antarctic Journal, 12: 258–264. [Ukrainian] https://doi.org/10.33275/1727-7485.12.2013.268
Ivanychuk, М. 1934. 14 Months on Franz Joseph Land (Impressions of a winterer). ‘Ukrayinsky robitnyk’, Kharkiv, 1–125. [Russian]
Gassenko, G. 1920. Weltkarte mit der Verteilung der Ukrainer in der Welt. 1:73.000.000. Christoph Reisser’s Söhne, Wien. URL
Homans, C. 2019. The Most Senseless Environmental Crime of the 20th Century. Pacific Standard, 1–19. URL
Hypatian Codex. [1420]. Internet Archive URL [Ruthenian]
Khoyetskyy, P. 2020. Monitoring of the leopard seal population (Hydrurga leptonyx) in waters of the Argentine Islands (Antarctica). Theriologia Ukrainica, 19: 138–147. https://doi.org/10.15407/tu1916
Khoyetskyy, P., D. Pishniak. 2021. The status of the fur seal population (Arctocephalus gazelle) at the southern edge of the species range (the Argentine Islands). Theriologia Ukrainica, 21: 165–173. https://doi.org/10.15407/tu2115
Lebedeva, N., I. Zagorodniuk. 2022. Domnich Valeriy Ivanovych, a mammalogist, game expert, and teacher. Novitates Theriologicae, 15:39–42. [Ukrainian] URL
Lisiansky, U. 1812 a, b. A voyage round the world, in the years 1803, 4, 5, & 6 [...]. The printing house of F. Drechsler, St. Petersburg. Part one: 1–263 URL. Part two: 1–341 URL. [Russian]
Lisiansky, U. 1812 c. The collection of maps and drawings related to the voyage of the Navy’s Captain of 1st rank and knight of the orders, in the ship Neva, by Urey Lisiansky. Engraved and printed at the Marine Printing House, St. Petersburg, 1–42. URL [Russian]
Lisiansky, U. 1814. A voyage round the world, in the years 1803, 4, 5, & 6 [...]. London: John Booth; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown; S. Hamilton. 1–388. Google Books URL
Morell, V. 2009. Mystery of the Missing Humpbacks Solved by Soviet Data. Science, 324 (5931): 1132. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.324_1132
Parnikoza, I., D. Pishniak, A. Fedchuk, [et al.]. 2023. The Antarctic: six essays for people who want to know more. (Ed. by Y. Dykyy). SI NASC, Kyiv, 1–324. ISBN 978-966-360-504-3. URL [Ukrainian]
Prydatko, V., V. Nilov, B. Bragin. 1991. Anthropogenic toxicants in tissues and organs of fish, birds and mammals of Bolshevik Island of the Severnaya Zemlya Archipelago (PCBs, DDT, HCH, heavy metals): operative data of 15.09.91. Institute of Zoology of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR, STTC ‘Vector’. Alma-Ata, 1–7, 3 tables. [Russian]
Prydatko, V., G. Kolomytsev, R. Burda, S. Chumachenko. 2008. Landscape Ecology: Textbook. NAU, Kyiv, 1–100. URL
Prydatko-Dolin, V. 2019 a. Exploration on history of the Southern-polar expedition of Fabian Gottlieb Tadeus von Bellingshausen (1819–1821). NANC ‘Expedition XXI’, Kyiv, 1–56. [Ukrainian] URL
Prydatko-Dolin V. 2019 b. Master Risui-Ngo-Da Thank you for treasures of the north! NANC ‘Expedition XXI’, Kyiv. 1–10. [Ukrainian] URL
Prydatko-Dolin, V. 2021. Leonid Portenko (1896–1972) — world famous naturalist, participant of expeditions to the Arctic and Far East. GEO&BIO, 21:35–57. [Ukrainian] https://doi.org/10.15407/gb2106
Prydatko-Dolin, V. 2022 a. The unexplored maternity dens survey of the polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on Wrangel and Herald islands in 1982. Theriologia Ukrainica, 24: 184–209. [Ukrainian] https://doi.org/10.15407/TU2416
Prydatko-Dolin, V. 2022 b. Survey and analysis of cases of natural death of the polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on Wrangel Island in 1969–1982. Novitates Theriologicae, 13:106–115. [Ukrainian] https://doi.org/10.53452/nt1344
Prydatko-Dolin, V. 2022 c. People from Ukraine in the Arctic: Illya Barabash-Nykyforiv (1894—1980). NANC ‘Expedition XXI’, Kyiv, 1–8. [Ukrainian] URL
Prydatko-Dolin, V. 2022 d. The large-scale theft of old-prints in Ukraine in 1720. NANC ‘Expedition XXI’, Kyiv, 1–5. [Ukrainian] URL
Prydatko-Dolin, V. 2024 a. Bellingshausen... The Returning. METALOT: Maritime Collection (2023–2024). Compiled and published by A. V. Sanchenko, Kyiv, 38–84. ISBN 978-617-7026-74-6. [Ukrainian]
Prydatko-Dolin, V. 2024 b. Traces of hunters on Eastern Arctic islands in ancient times. Part 1. Theriologia Ukrainica, 27: 170–204. [Ukrainian] https://doi.org/10.53452/TU2716
Prydatko-Dolin, V. 2025 a. Traces of hunters on Eastern Arctic islands in ancient times. Part 2. Theriologia Ukrainica, 29: 165–188. [Ukrainian] https://doi.org/10.53452/TU2914
Prydatko-Dolin, V. 2025 b. The First Ukrainians in North America: Alaska (XVIII-XIX). NANC ‘Expedition XXI’, Kyiv, 1–13. [Ukrainian] URL
Scott, R., L. Huxley, C. Markham. 1913. Sir Scott's Last Expedition. Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, Vol. 1: 1–443. URL; Vol. 2: 1–376. URL. (Collection: The Biodiversity Heritage Library).
Shackleton, E. 1911. Au coeur de l'Antarctique : expédition du 'Nimrod' au Pôle sud. (Contributeur: C. Rabot.) Hachette, Paris, 1–263. URL
Sharlemagn, N. 2014. Nature and People of Kievan Rus. Materials on the Local History of Kievan Rus. In: Nature and People of Kievan Rus. Memoirs. Autobiographies. Correspondence. (Comp. by V. Ulyanovsky.) Vydavnytskiy Dim ‘Prostir’, Kyiv, 1–1136. ISBN 978-966-2068-37-5. [Russian]
Shcherbina, S. 1903. The Arctic World and Its Researchers. Speech delivered at the jubilee ceremony of the gymnasium on October 22, 1903. Tipo-Litografiya F. K. Lubkovsky, Kyiv, 1–29. [Russian]
Tytar, V. 2011. Analysis of home ranges in species: an approach based on modeling the ecological niche. Vestnik zoologii, 25: 1–96. [Ukrainian]
Tytar, V. 2022. A species distribution model of the Antarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis). Theriologia Ukrainica, 23: 78–86. [Ukrainian] https://doi.org/10.15407/TU2309
Voytovich, L. 2015. Holmgard: where did the Rus princes Sviatoslav Igorevich, Vladimir Sviatoslavich, and Yaroslav Vladimirovich rule? Ukrainian Historical Journal, 3: 37–55. [Ukrainian]
Whelan, E. 2020. Rus Viking Coins Unearthed by Strong Rainstorms in Ireland. Ancient Origins. Kildare, 1–7. URL
Wilson, D., D. Reeder. 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3rd ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2: 1–142. URL
Wlasenko-Bojcun, А. 1977. Ukrainian place names in the USA and selected articles. Published by the 60th Anniversary of the Author Committee. Edited by I. Owechko. Bismarck-Greeley, 1–147. URL
Zagorodniuk, I. 2022. Illia Barabash-Nikiforiv, a mammalogist, museologist, and researcher. Novitates Theriologicae, 14: 35–38. [Ukrainian] URL
Zagorodniuk, I., L. Prokopchuk. 2022. Valerian Bondarenko, a taxidermist and researcher of whales. Novitates Theriologicae, 15: 215–218. [Ukrainian] URL

date

online: 30.01.2026; print: 30.01.2026