3 October 2025
Embassy of Hungary in Ukraine

On 3 October 2025, Acting Rector Oleksandr Turuntsev, Vice-Rector for Research and International Affairs, Head of Academic Council of the University Nataliia Vinnikova, Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts and Design Ostap Kovalchuk, Head of the Department of Preschool Education at the Faculty of Pedagogical Education Olena Polovina, Associate Professor of the same department Olena Kovalenko, master's students majoring in Preschool Education, Associate Professor of the Department of Educational Leadership at the In-Service Training Institute Oksana Matviichuk visited the Hungarian Embassy in Ukraine and took part in an event marking the 250th anniversary of the birth of the famous Hungarian educator Teresa Brunswik. At a round table and exhibition organised by the Hungarian Embassy in cooperation with the Pedagogical Museum of Ukraine, the memory of Ukrainian educator Sofiia Rusova, founder of the first kindergarten in Ukraine, was honoured.

The Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Hungary to Ukraine, Antal Heizer, and the President of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine, Academician of the National Academy of Educational Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Vasyl Kremen, addressed the audience with welcoming remarks. Among the speakers were a diplomat of the Hungarian Embassy in Ukraine for culture and education Eva Heizerne Hegedus, Head of the National Professional Association of Kindergarten Directors of Hungary Erika Kish, Academician of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine Olga Sukhomlynska, Director of the Pedagogical Museum of Ukraine Oleksandr Mikhno, Head of the Department of Preschool Education at the Institute of Pedagogy of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine Olga Reipolska and others.
The aim of the event was to honour the founders of preschool education in Hungary and Ukraine, who not only left behind a significant pedagogical legacy, but also contributed greatly to raising the social status of women.

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