Serhii Shevchenko (; born August 4, 1960, in Kramatorsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (modern-day Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine)) is a Ukrainian writer, journalist and editor.Редактор роману-трилогії "Вершина" Сергій Шевченко на прес-конференції, Київ, 9 жовтня 2012 року Merited Journalist of Ukraine..
Biography Shevchenko was born in the town of Kramatorsk, in Ukraine (at that time – the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union). After finishing secondary school in 1977, he enrolled into the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. In 1982, Shevchenko graduated from the Journalism faculty of University as a journalist. From 1982 to 1985, he worked at the Bila Tserkva newspaper as a correspondent. Then he made a career in the Security Service of Ukraine (press-officer, editor, executive editor, head of research unit of the Institute of State Security Problems). Colonel, a veteran of military service.Solovki Encyclopaedia. Автор книг о Соловках — лауреат премий УкраиныFINDING OUT THE FATE OF UKRAINE’S BEST
2010–2012 – head of Department of the State Service of Ukraine on Drugs Control (activities – international relations, public consultation, interaction with the media). After 2012 creative and social activities, Kyiv.
Shevchenko works in the field of literature since the 2000s. He is the author of a number of books about the tragedy Solovki, Sandarmokh, and also numerous articles in the periodical press. August 2, 2012, he has been stopped from taking part in the Days of Remembrance for the Victims of the Terror in the Sandarmokh Clearing in Karelia. He was one of a delegation from Ukraine travelling to Sandarmokh for annually held memorial events which mark the anniversary of the unleashing of what is known as the Great Terror (1937—1938). It is not clear what the grounds are for refusing Serhiy Shevchenko entry to Russia.Ukrainian historian refused entry into Russia
From October 2017 to June 2019, he worked as an assistant to the president of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU).
From May 2022, on the recommendation of the NUJU, he was a participant in the international program of professional protection of journalists "Journalists-in-Residence Kosovo" and lived in Pristina, Kosovo.
Shevchenko is a member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (1994), the National Writer's Union of Ukraine (2011), the National Union of Ukrainian ethnographers (2015).
Books , 2006. "Golden Feather. Liudmyla Mekh" (), 2012.Liudmyla Mekh is a Ukrainian journalist, president of the All-Ukrainian Charitable Foundation "Journalist Initiative"В Інституті журналістики презентовано книжку ″Золоте перо″ , 2013. The author of this book has been nominated for the Shevchenko National Prize.Website of Committee for Shevchenko National Prize Empire of Terror (), 2021.Пам'ять народу в книжці «Імперія терору»
Books written by Serhii Shevchenko and historian Dmytro Viedienieiev: "Ukrainian Solovki" (″Ukrains'ki Solovky″, , 2001).A Bloody Turning Point ″Dispelled myths. Historical essays and articles″ (, 2010).
Articles The Moloch of the Solovky terror, 2008. The secrets of Mt. Sekirnaia, 2007. Shot at Sandarmokh. [http://www.day.kiev.ua/uk/article/ukrayina-incognita/rozstrilyani-v-sandarmosi . [https://gazeta.dt.ua/HISTORY/rik-zhertv-velikogo-teroru-vshanuymo-pam-yat-represovanih-243654_.html [http://gazeta.dt.ua/history/oleksa-vlizko-tayemnicya-strati-poeta-_.html . [http://gazeta.dt.ua/history/gro-vakar-im-ya-z-moroku-solovkiv-_.html . [http://gazeta.dt.ua/history/spisok-sandarmohu-ubiyenni-sini-i-pasinki-ukrayini-_.html . [http://gazeta.dt.ua/history/volodimir-udovenko-dvi-dati-rozstrilu-_.html . [http://gazeta.dt.ua/history/parshiva-vivcya-sered-katolickih-muchenikiv-_.html . [http://svitlytsia.crimea.ua/?section=article&artID=14028 . [http://gazeta.dt.ua/history/vsevolod-gancov-zhittya-pislya-svincevoyi-zlivi-_.html . [http://gazeta.dt.ua/history/mikola-narushevich-sche-odna-tayemnicya-ostannoyi-adresi-_.html . [http://gazeta.dt.ua/history/vipusknik-soloveckoyi-akademiyi-_.html . [http://www.day.kiev.ua/uk/article/ukrayina-incognita/bezzhalni-shchupalcya-imperiyi . [http://gazeta.dt.ua/history/mikola-narushevich-sche-odna-tayemnicya-ostannoyi-adresi-_.html . [http://www.radiosvoboda.org/content/article/24477305.html . [http://gazeta.dt.ua/SOCIETY/mikola_lyubinskiy_i_logika_chervonogo_teroru__nevidomi_storinki_ukrayinskogo_rozstrilyanogo_vidrodzh.html . [http://www.day.kiev.ua/uk/article/cuspilstvo/perestoroga . [http://www.day.kiev.ua/uk/article/ukrayina-incognita/iz-solovkiv-ne-povernuvsya . [http://www.day.kiev.ua/uk/article/istoriya-i-ya/les-kurbas-silu-naciyi-ne-mozhut-vbiti-niyaki-dekreti . [http://incognita.day.kiev.ua/kozaczkij-xrest-v-urochishhi-sandarmox.htm . [http://www.day.kiev.ua/uk/article/ukrayina-incognita/biografiya-gilyotini-ukrayini .
Awards Honorary title of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Почесне звання України) ″Merited Journalist of Ukraine″ (2007), the state award. Award Ivan Franko in information activities (2007, 2018), the award of the State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine and the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine.Премія Франка: названі переможці в інформаційній сфері International Award Volodymyr Vynnychenko (2011), the award of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation. Art Аward ″Kyiv″ (2014), the award of the Kiev City State Administration.Лауреати Мистецької премії «Київ» 2014 року Viacheslav Chornovil Prize for the best nonfiction in journalism (2014), the award of the State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine and the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine.Урядовий портал. Визначено лауреата премії імені В'ячеслава Чорновола за кращу публіцистичну роботу в галузі журналістики в 2014 році The First Prize of the Literary and Scientific Competition of the Ukrainian Free University Foundation (NY, USA) (2023)Виховання національної пам’яті — наш головний самозахист Gold Medal of Ukrainian Journalism (2009), the award of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine.
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Автор книг о Соловках — лауреат премий Украины Serhii Shevchenko Презентація книги Сергія Шевченка ″Соловецький реквієм″ Книговидавничий проект "Толока Шевченків" ″Соловецький реквієм″ — на здобуття Шевченківської премії! Василь Овсієнко. Голос українських Соловків // Україна молода (№ 157, 23.10.2014) Укрінформ. Блоги