Dmytro Chobit

Ukrainian historian and politician

Position established (1990)
Yevhen Hryniv [uk] (1994)

Succeeded by

Ihor Ostash (1994)
Constituency abolished (1998)

Constituency

Lviv Oblast, No. 269 (1990–1994)
Lviv Oblast, No. 271 (1994–1998)
People's Movement of Ukraine, No. 40 (1998–2002)

Personal detailsBorn (1952-02-19) 19 February 1952 (age 72)
Brody, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)Political partyPeople's Movement of UkraineAlma materTaras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Dmytro Vasylovych Chobit (Ukrainian: Дмитро Васильович Чобіт; born 19 February 1952) is a Ukrainian historian, publicist (opinion journalism), and politician.

Chobit specializes in local studies and is a member of the National Union of Local Historians of Ukraine, the Shevchenko Society of Ukrainian Language, and the National Writer's Union of Ukraine. Chobit became known for his scandal with Viktor Medvedchuk in 2003, when Medvedchuk filed a court case against him for the Chobit's book "Narcissus" (Нарцис).^[1]

Bibliography

Brody – overview of local history, 1984
In the parliament of new Ukraine, 1995
Pidhirtsi. Historical and architectural pearl of Ukraine, 1998
Whistler, 1999
Battle near Berestechko
Time of disgraceful authority or whether the Gongadze case is the case of Kuchma? (2001)
Narcissus. Features of the Viktor Medvedchuk's political portrait, (2002)

References

^ There was discovered connection of Medvedchuk with trusts and off-shores? (Раскрыта связь Медведчука с трастами и оффшорами?). Ukrayinska Pravda. 3 December 2003