In 1930 the Department of Marxism-Leninism was established. That Department provided educational and research work on the history of society (including the history of Ukraine), economic theory and philosophy. It was headed at different times by L. V. Shammes, Yu. F. Savchenko. Since 1931 the educational and methodical cabinet of the department was headed by I. A. Besiedovskyi - former first director of the institute. The department worked hard to teach young people skills of independent work, especially creative, in the process of preparation and discussion of abstracts and hold student conferences. More
The Department of Ukrainian Studies: Through the Prism of Time
Редактор і упорядник В. І. Ковальов. – Харків: ХНАДУ, 2015. – 150 с.