In 1834, the St. Vladimir Imperial University of Kiev was decreed by Tsar Nicholas I. The university has been the Taras Shevchenko University, since 1939, after Ukrainian national poet Taras Shevchenko, who had been employed by the university between 1845 and 1846, since 1939 and is now known officially as the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, and less formally as Kyiv University or Shevchenko University. The Russian invasion has had major effects on the university, which continues its activities despite the difficulties. Sergei Nikolaevich Reformatskii (Ukrainian: Sergiy Mikolayovich Reformats'kiy) was the second son of Nikolai Aleksandrovich Reformatskii, a Russian Orthodox Priest, and he received his early education at the Kostroma Theological Seminary. Following his graduation, he entered Kazan University in 1878, where he came under the influence of Aleksandr Mikhailovich Zaitsev (1841-1910). Here he began the work with organozinc nucleophiles that characterized his entire career. He graduated with the degree of kandidat in 1882, and the traveled to western Europe, where he worked with Viktor Meyer and Wilhelm Ostwald. On his return to Kazan, he began research for the degree of Magistr Khimii; he defended his dissertation, Saturated polyhydric alcohols, in 1889. The same year, he accepted the call to the Chair of Chemistry at St. Vladimir University. He remained here the rest of his life. Reformatskii is now remembered for his eponymous reaction (the one reaction of organozinc nucleophiles that was not superseded by the Grignard reaction). Reformatskii's life and career will be addressed.

Sergiy Mikolayovich Reformats'kii (Sergei Nikolaevich Reformatskii, 1860-1934): A founding father of Ukranian organic chemistry

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