Petro Tolochko Explained

Petro Tolochko
Birth Date:21 February 1938
Birth Place:Prystromy, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Death Place:Kyiv, Ukraine
Citizenship:Soviet Union (1938–1991) → Ukraine (1991-2024)
Alma Mater:Kiev State University
Doctoral Advisor:Boris Rybakov

Petro Petrovych Tolochko (; 21 February 1938 – 28 April 2024) was a Soviet and Ukrainian historian, archaeologist, and political activist. 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.

Tolochko was a doctor of historical sciences (1981), professor (1982), full member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (1990), foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2011, on 8 March 2022 he announced the withdrawal of his membership) and member of the World Russian People's Council.

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. In 2016, he was forced to quit his position as the director of the Institute of Archaeology of the NASU. According to the Russian historian Ruslan Gagkuyev, Petro Tolochko was placed under house arrest in April 2023.

Tolochko died on 28 April 2024, at the age of 86.

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