On March 24, a guest lecture by Zinaida Kosytska, candidate of art history, research associate at the M.T. Rylsky Institute of Art History, Folklore and Ethnology of the NAS of Ukraine, took place. The lecture was devoted to a very interesting and not well-known topic to the general public – the history of Ukrainian vytynanka. The event was organized by the Department of Domestic and Foreign History together with the Bakhmut Regional History and Chasiv-Yar Historical and Local History Museums and was timed to coincide with the Historian's Week at the Goriv Institute of Foreign Languages.

Zinaida Kosytska spoke professionally about the origins, stages and current trends in the development of vytynanka art in Ukraine. I would like to note the special touching atmosphere that the specialist managed to create. Zinaida Kosytska is not only a researcher, but also a vytynanka craftswoman, whose works, in particular, illustrate Ukrainian poetry books. In the way she talked about each work, the craftsmen, one could feel love and deep respect for vytynanka and folk art in general.

In the second part of the lecture, Valery Bohunenko, director of the Chasiv-Yar Historical and Local Lore Museum, senior lecturer of the department, took the floor. He spoke about the origin and development of the art of vytynanki in the Donetsk region, mainly focusing on the Chasiv-Yar school of vytynanki, the formation of which is the achievement of folk craftswoman Victoria Nesterova and her students. Victoria Nesterova, a teacher of the art department and head of the Chasiv Yar School of Arts, who was present at the event, demonstrated her works, spoke about the creative successes and future plans of her students.

The guest lecture was attended by students and teachers of the Horlivka Institute of Foreign Languages, employees of the Bakhmut and Chasiv-Yarsk museums, and representatives of the Bakhmut and Chasiv-Yarsk communities, including teachers and lecturers from educational institutions. We look forward to similar events and further cooperation with the craftswoman and researcher Zinaida Kosytska and her colleague Viktoria Nesterova.