Departments History

History of the Department is closely connected to history of the University and starts from the beginning of XX century, when with help of business people, production men and lecturers under conditions of development of capital relationships in  tsar Russia, 4 year High commercial courses were opened. Since then, preparation of accounting specialists has started (along with commercial and merchandisespecialists, lecturers on commercial disciplines starting and middle schools and colleges).

Before, such kind of preparation of specialists in Russia was done only on Moscow and St.Petersburg. Kyiv High commercial courses were presented on all – Russian level.

After evacuation in 1944, Kyiv Institute was brought back into Kyiv and was granted name Kyiv financial and economic institute that was placed on 2^nd Andriivska str, in building of financial and economical college.

At a time 70 years ago, in 1944 in Kyiv financial and Economic institute Department on accounting studies was established (along with base departments politeconomy, finance, money circulation and studies, economical geography, statistics, mathematics, foreign languages and economic sectors).

Founder and first head of Department was PhD and Senior lecturer Tziupa Mutrophan Grigorowich. He was highly qualified lecturer on accounting, who worked as tutor in KSU named after T. Shevchenko. Some time, M.G. Tziupa acted as Director in Kyiv part-time financial institute and Dean of Accounting and Statistical Faculty of Kyiv financial and economic institute.

Times has changed, Soviet economy and Economy of Independent Ukraine developed, and therefore directions and content of Departments’ activities have changed, as well as its title:

Qualitative component and excessive size of the Department had caused creation Department of Economic analysis (head of the Department, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor I.I. Karakoz) in 1964 year, and in 1977 Department of Accounting in Agricultural Sector (head of the Department, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor Y.Y. Litvin).

In 2000, on a base of Department of Accountingand auditing in Industry,  Department of Auditing studies was created (head of the Department, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor V.P. Zavgorodniy), and as the result Department of Accounting studies in Industry was created. In May 2003 on a base of Department of Accounting in Industry, Department of basic accounting preparation was created (at this point of time name of the Department is Department of Accounting studies) (head of the Department, Doctorate, Professor Y.A. Kuzminskiy). Department of Accounting in Industry, and the Department of Accounting in Industry was given name Business Accounting  Department.

In different times the Department was leaded by PhD, Senior Lecturer M.G. Tziupa (1944-1946), Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor P.P. Nimchunov (1946-1975), then the department was managed by Doctors of Economic Sciences, Professors Y.Y. Litvin (1975-1977), A.M. Kuzminskiy (1977-1995), M.V. Kuzhelniy (1995-2009). Since 2009 Department was leaded by Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor M.I. Bondar. Since 2016 Department leaded by Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor M.M. Shygun. 

During the existence of the Department 20 Doctors of Economic Sciences were prepared. Among them Chumachenko M.G. – Member of academy of Science of Ukraine, Litvin Y.Y., Sopko V.V. – academician of Hungarian Academy of Science, Borodkin O.S., Bilukha M.T., Kuzminskiy A.M., Kuzhelniy M.V., Gerasimovych A.M., Zavgorodniy V.P., Kuzminskiy Y.A., Lovinska L.G., Galenko O.M., Gnylytska L.V.

During long years the following outstanding lecturers were tutoring: Yosup Mykolayovych Luchinskiy, Valentyna Andriivna Pivtoradnya, Yuriy Gavrilovich Samus, Nina Mykytivna Grabova, Oleksandr Dmytrovych Shmigel, Lydmula Vasulivna Zhylkina, Oleksiy Sergiyovych Borodkin. Viktor Petrovych Zavgorodniy, Mykola Sergiyovych Prydkiy, Volodumyr Grygorovych Linnuk.

As of 01.01.2017 Deaprtment include: 4 Doctors of Economic Sciences, Professors, 3 PhDs and professors, 19 PhDs and Senior lecturers , 2 Senior lecturers, 1 assistants without scientific degree.