Professor of the Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University, member of the Ukrainian Higher Education Academy of Science.
He was born on March 13, 1950 in Pryberezhne, a village in the Zhytomyr region. He graduated from the Journalism Department of the Kyiv Taras Shevchenko State University in 1972 and the Economics Department of the Ukrainian Agricultural Academy in 1977. Till 1987 he worked on the editorial staff of the «Silski Visti > newspaper.
He presented his candidate thesis "People's Army in
Ukraine at the Time of 1648-1654 Liberation War (Organization, Armament, Ordnance)' in 1982 and the doctor thesis 'Ukrainian
Cossack Army in the Second Half of the 16th — Mid -17th Centuries — in 1992. He
is investigating problems of history of Ukraine, in particular of the
Ukrainian Cossacks, of Ukrainian settlements in various parts of the world, of
national minorities in Ukraine, of activities of the Organization of Ukrainian
Nationalists and the Ukrainian Rebel Army, of Ukrainians' contribution to the
development of world science and culture. Professor V. Serhiychuk has published 25 books, among them: National
Symbols of
М‘яка палітурка, 103 с., видання 2000 р.