Petro Tolochko
Tolochko in 2009
Born	(1938-02-21)February 21, 1938 Prystromy, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	April 28, 2024 (2024-04-29) (aged 86) Kyiv, Ukraine
Citizenship	Soviet Union (1938–1991) → Ukraine (1991-2024)
Alma mater	Kiev State University
Known for	Books about history political activism
Awards	Order of the Badge of Honour (1982) Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise (1998, 2003, 2013) Order of Friendship (2008) Order of Sergius of Radonezh (2009)
Scientific career
Fields	Archaeology medieval history studies of Old Rus'
Institutions	NASU Institute of Archaeology Russian Academy of Sciences
Doctoral advisor	Boris Rybakov

Petro Petrovych Tolochko (Ukrainian: Петро́ Петро́вич Толо́чко; 21 February 1938 – 28 April 2024) was a Soviet and Ukrainian historian, archaeologist, and political activist.^[1] 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^[2]) and member of the World Russian People's Council.^[3]

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.^[4][5][6] In 2016, he was forced to quit his position as the director of the Institute of Archaeology of the NASU.^[7] According to the Russian historian Ruslan Gagkuyev, Petro Tolochko was placed under house arrest in April 2023.^[8][9]

Tolochko died on 28 April 2024, at the age of 86.^[10]

• Old Kiev, 1970^[11]
• Old Rus: Essays on Sociopolitical History, 1987^[12]
• Old Russian Feudal City, 1989^[13]
• Archaeology and Ancient History (In Defence of Historical Marxism), 2007^[14]
• Ukraine in an Orange Interior, 2012^[15]
• Early Rus: History and Archeology, 2013^[16]
• Ukraine in the Fire of European Integration, 2015^[17]
• The Origin of the Land of Rus', 2016^[18]

• Ivakin, Hlib (2013). "Tolochko Petro Petrovych" Толочко Петро Петрович. In Smolii, V. A. (ed.). Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Vol. 10. NASU Institute of History of Ukraine.

• "Kollektyvna zaiava do Prezydii Rosiis'koi akademii nauk vid chleniv NAN Ukrainy - inozemnykh chleniv RAN" Колективна заява до Президії Російської академії наук від членів НАН України – іноземних членів РАН [Joint request to the presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences from members of NAS of Ukraine - foreign members of RAS]. The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (in English, Russian, and Ukrainian). 8 March 2022.

• "Akademik NAN Ukrainy P. P. Tolochko: Beznravstvenno otkazyvat'sya ot nashey obshey istorii" Академик НАН Украины П. П. Толочко: Безнравственно отказываться от нашей общей истории [Academician of the NASU of Ukraine P. P. Tolochko: It is Immoral to Deny our Common History]. World Russian People's Council (in Russian). 2 November 2018.

• "Istochnik nazval prichinu smerti istorika Petra Tolochko" Источник назвал причину смерти историка Петра Толочко [Source reported the cause of the historian Petro Tolochko's death] (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 28 April 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.

• Tolochko, Petro (2018). Zapesotskiy, A. S. (ed.). Ukraina mezhdu Rossiey i Zapadom Украина между Россией и Западом [Ukraine between Russia and the West] (in Russian). Saint Petersburg: Saint Petersburg State University of Trade Unions. ISBN 978-5-7621-0973-4.

• "V Moskve predstavili knigu Otkuda poshla Ruskaya zemlya" В Москве представили книгу Откуда пошла Руская земля [The book The Origin of the Land of Rus' has been presented in Moscow]. Al'yans Media (in Russian). 18 September 2023.

• "Prezentatsia knigi Petra Tolochko Otkuda poshla Ruskaya zemlya v Dome russkogo zarubezhya" Презентация книги Петра Толочко Откуда пошла Руская земля в Доме русского зарубежья [Presentation of the Petro Tolochko's book The Origin of the Land of Rus' in the House of Russian Expatriates]. Russian Historical Society (in Russian). 15 September 2023.

• "Pro-Russian historian, archaeologist Tolochko dies: what he was remembered for". Komersant. 29 April 2024.

• "Ukraina - strana bez proshlogo" Украина - страна без прошлого [Ukraine - a country without a past] (in Russian). Interviewed by Kot, Yuriy. Golos Pravdy. 6 December 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2024 – via YouTube.

• Tolochko, Petro (1970). Drevniy Kiev Древний Киев [Old Kiev] (in Russian). Naukova Dumka.

• Tolochko, Petro (2013). Rannyaya Rus': istoriya i arkheologiya Ранняя Русь: история и археология [Early Rus: History and Archeology] (in Russian). Blits. ISBN 9785867894306.

• Tolochko, Petro (2016). Otkuda poshla Ruskaya zemlya Откуда пошла Руская земля [The Origin of the Land of Rus'] (in Russian). Dmytro Buraho. ISBN 978-966-489-614-3.

• Tolochko, Petro (2015). Ukraina v ogne evrointegratsii Украина в огне евроинтеграции [Ukraine in the Fire of European Integration] (in Russian). Aleteyya. ISBN 9785990598027.

• Tolochko, Petro (2012). Ukraina v oranzhevom inter'ere Украина в оранжевом интерьере [Ukraine in an Orange Interior] (in Russian). ADEF-Ukraina. ISBN 9789661871389.

• Tolochko, Petro (1987). Drevnyaya Rus: ocherki sotsial'no-politicheskoy istorii Древняя Русь: очерки социально-политической истории [Old Rus: Essays on Sociopolitical History] (in Russian). Kiev: Naukova Dumka. p. 246.

• Tolochko, Petro (1989). Drevnerusskiy feodal'nyy gorod Древнерусский феодальный город [Old Russian Feudal City] (in Russian). Kiev: Naukova Dumka.

• Tolochko, Petro (2007). Arkheologiya i drevnyaya istoria (v zashchitu istoricheskogo marksizma) Археология и древняя история (в защиту исторического марксизма) [Archaeology and Ancient History (In Defence of Historical Marxism)] (in Russian). Kiev: Akademperiodika. p. 103. ISBN 9789663600666.

• Petro Tolochko. Official Ukraine Today.
• Hlib Ivakin. Petro Petrovych Tolochko (ТОЛОЧКО ПЕТРО ПЕТРОВИЧ). Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine.