Semen Shyrochyn, born in Kyiv in 1988. Ukrainian architectural historian. Studied at Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (National Technical University of Ukraine). PhD in computer science (2015). Since 2016 has researched, popularised, and protected architectural heritage. His main research focus is architecture and urban development from the Soviet period. Author of multiple articles about the architecture of Kyiv and industrial cities in Ukraine. Author of 20 books on the history of Kyiv’s architecture and urban development. Took part in the conference ‘The Universality of Phenomena in Zaporizhzhia Modernism and the Bauhaus School. Issues in Preservation of Modernist Heritage’ (2017, Zaporizhzhia). Co-participant in the exhibition project ‘Metropolis: Past Utopias of the Future’ (2018, Kyiv). Curator of the exhibition ‘Reconstruction of Khreschatyk: Competition and Design’ (2018–2019, Kyiv). Co-participant in the project ‘Encyclopedia of Ukrainian Architecture’ (2020, Kyiv).