Petro Petrovych Tolochko (Ukrainian: Петро́ Петро́вич Толо́чко; 21 February 1938 – 28 April 2024) was a Soviet and Ukrainian historian, archaeologist, and political activist.[1] He was one of the leading specialists in history of the Kievan Rus (Old Rus) and one of leading researchers of the NASU Institute of Archaeology of Ukraine.
In Ukraine, Tolochko was heavily criticized for his pro-Russian views and for his disapproval of the country's relations with the EU and NATO.[4][5][6] In 2016, he was forced to quit his position as the director of the Institute of Archaeology of the NASU.[7] According to the Russian historian Ruslan Gagkuyev, Petro Tolochko was placed under house arrest in April 2023.[8][9]
Tolochko died on 28 April 2024, at the age of 86.[10]
^Komersant 2024, section 3: "Under public pressure, he was dismissed in 2016 from the post of director of the Institute of Archeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine"
^RHS 2023, section 3: "Сам автор не смог принять участие в презентации - с апреля 2023 года академик Национальной академии наук Украины находится под домашним арестом. [The author himself could not take part in the presentation - from April 2023, the academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine is under house arrest.]"
^AllMedia 2023, section 7: "Я думаю, что сейчас голос Петра Петровича, находящегося под домашним арестом, является голосом всего украинского исторического сообщества [I think that now the voice of Petro Petrovych, who is under house arrest, is the voice of the entire Ukrainian historical community]"
Tolochko, Petro (2018). Zapesotskiy, A. S. (ed.). Ukraina mezhdu Rossiey i Zapadom Украина между Россией и Западом [Ukraine between Russia and the West] (in Russian). Saint Petersburg: Saint Petersburg State University of Trade Unions. ISBN978-5-7621-0973-4.