SCIENTIA VINCES!
On April 2, 2021, a Council of Young Scientists was established at the initiative of young scientists and with the full support of the leadership of the Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi National Army Academy.
It is pleasant to note that this is the first Council of Young Scientists among higher military educational institutions of Ukraine. The Council consists of 30 young scientists from among officers, researchers, academic staff and the best cadets of the Academy.
The purpose of the Council is to intensify and comprehensively popularize science in the professional environment of young scientists of the Academy, to unite their efforts for professional scientific personal growth, and to engage in effective promotion of the latest scientific trends. The gender ratio is twenty men and ten women. The average age of the Council members is twenty-eight years.
The Constituent Assembly elected Mariana Verkhoturova, Professor of the Department of Humanities at the Institute of Moral and Psychological Support, Candidate of Historical Sciences, employee of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as the Chairman of the Council, Captain Ivanna Chobit, Associate Professor of the Scientific and Organizational Department, as the Deputy Chairman, and Captain Andrii Bahan, Associate Professor of the Scientific and Organizational Department, as the Secretary of the Council. 
Constituent Assembly of the Council of Young Scientists
Members of the Council participate in scientific conferences abroad and publish professional articles in foreign publications. Mariana Verkhoturova is a member of the Big Cannon Project, an international project to study the history of artillery. Among us there are combatants and heroes of the Russian-Ukrainian war who cover their combat experience in their scientific works and teach cadets. Member of the Council of Young Scientists, Doctor of Philosophy, Major Volodymyr Hera was awarded the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, III degree, the Minister of Defense's Badge of Honor, medals “For Defense of the Motherland”, “Ten Years of Diligent Service”, “ATO Participant”, “For Participation in the ATO”. Major Yaroslav Stetsiv was awarded the Order “For Courage” of the III degree, the medal “Defender of the Motherland”, and the Presidential insignia “ATO Participant”.
The first scientific event organized by the Council was the Round Table “Gender in the Ukrainian Army: History, Present, Prospects”, which took place on June 01, 2021. 
Roundtable discussion “Gender in the Ukrainian Army: History, Present, and Prospects”.
The purpose of the roundtable was to discuss the issue of gender in the history of the Ukrainian army, its relevance at the present stage and its development in the future. During the event, the participants discussed the problem of highlighting the figure of a female warrior in the history of the Liberation Movement, the problem of gender in the Armed Forces, gender issues in the Joint Forces Operation (Anti-Terrorist Operation), prospects and mechanisms for addressing gender issues on the way to NATO.
The event was attended by representatives of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Council of Young Scientists at the Ministry of Education and Science, the Scientific and Methodological Center for Personnel Policy of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the Army Reserves Council, the Department of Social Protection of the Population of the Lviv Regional State Administration, the Ukrainian Institute in London, the MONUSCO Headquarters of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the National Memorial “Lontskoho Street Prison”, the M.S. Hrushevsky Institute of Ukrainian Archaeology and Source Studies. M.S. Hrushevsky Institute of Ukrainian Archaeology and Source Studies and Ivan Krypiakevych Institute of Ukrainian Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, and the Women's Information and Consultation Center.
Based on the results, it was decided to focus on deepening the research of biographies of women soldiers, studying the stages of formation and development of the gender issue in Ukraine, developing mechanisms for addressing gender issues inherent in Ukrainian society, coordinating efforts to objectively cover gender issues in the military, and introducing scientific activities to study gender issues among cadets of the National Academy.
Roundtable discussion “Gender in the Ukrainian Army: History, Present, and Prospects”.
The Council of Young Scientists is actively involved in popularizing youth science. Thus, four members of the Council took part in the All-Ukrainian Scientific and Practical Conference of Young Scientists, Associate Professors, Students, Cadets and Students “Youth Military Science”, which took place on April 23, 2021, at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, and actively made presentations and joined the discussion.
The activities and membership in the Council are also educational in nature - they develop “soft skills” among the Council members, which helps them to interact and get along well in a team. In fact, during the organization of a particular scientific event, the members of the Council share the work among themselves, improving and developing communication skills and gaining experience in teamwork. Members of the Council learn to speak in public, acquire time management skills, and develop flexibility and leadership skills.
The Council of Young Scientists of the National Academy takes an active part in scientific events organized by other Councils of Young Scientists of Ukraine. One of these events was the scientific and practical seminar “Indicators of a scientist's publication activity: advice for those who are sure they know everything”, organized by the Council of Young Scientists at the Ministry of Education and Science, the Council of Young Scientists of the Dnipro Region and the Dnipro State University of Internal Affairs.
We actively cooperate with the Council of Young Scientists at the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. Mariana Verkhoturova is an associate member of the YSC at the Ministry of Education and Science. Members of our Council are regular listeners and participants in events organized by the Council of Young Scientists at the Ministry of Education and Science. On December 2, 2021, the Council of Young Scientists of the National Academy, together with the Council of Young Scientists of the Ivan Krypyakevych Institute of Ukrainian Studies, under the auspices of the Council of Young Scientists at the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, took part in a scientific and practical seminar “Popularization of the achievements of young scientists in the scientific space”.
With the constant support of Colonel Volodymyr Hrabchak, Deputy Head of the Academy for Scientific Work, the activities of the Council of Young Scientists of the National Academy are becoming a planned and coordinated process. The constant holding of professional international conferences, doctoral studies, two adjunct specialties, scientific professional bulletins, and the active work of the Military Scientific Society of Cadets have formed a favorable environment for the active work of young scientists.
The active support of the Council of Young Scientists by the Scientific and Organizational Department of the Academy and its head, Lieutenant Colonel Roman Nanivskyi, as well as the leadership of the faculties and the Institute, is an indisputable guarantee of the success of the Council's activities.
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