Oleksandr Polivodskyi
50 years old, attorney, Candidate of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor
Oleksandr Polivodskyi
October 9, 1973
Zhmerynka, Vinnytsia region
Uzhhorod State University
Postgraduate student at the V. M. Koretsky Institute of State and Law of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; taught courses in land law, contract law, stock exchange law, and legal regulation of entrepreneurial land use at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
Partner at the law firm «Sofiia», legal adviser to international organizations including the IFC, the World Bank, the European Commission, and the EBRD.
Candidate of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor, research fellow at the Department of Agrarian, Land, and Environmental Law; headed the Land Law Committee of the Ukrainian National Bar Association
Junior Sergeant.
After the full-scale invasion of Russian forces on February 24, 2022, he voluntarily joined the Territorial Defense Forces
On April 19, 2023, during combat near the outskirts of the village of Dibrova, Luhansk region
Pavlo Liashenko, assistant to attorney Oleksandr Polivodskyi:
I could tell a lot about him. About the fact that he was the last honest person in the legal business and a man of his word in general. But I will say something else: this man died for what he believed in and fully understood. Mr. Oleksandr never had any illusions about our thrice-cursed neighbors and their intentions. He assessed the prospect of saber-rattling before February 24 very soberly and knew exactly what had to be done
Armen Nersesian, V. M. Koretsky Institute of State and Law of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine:
Oleksandr and I worked at the same institute for 18 years in different departments. What amazed me most was that in any situation, even a very difficult one, he always remained absolutely calm and kept his trademark smile
Maryna Saienko, attorney:
We worked together on the board of the Ukrainian Bar Association in 2015–2017 (in my opinion, it was a golden value-based composition of the board). I have only good memories of Sasha: as a very bright, wise, and ethical person – with a clear system of values and the ability to defend his convictions. Most importantly, he never put any of this on display. No vanity fairs, which is unusual for our market. I loved our discussions and Oleksandr’s manner of intelligently and calmly, yet actively, arguing his position. I never heard him raise his voice or show irritation
Author of more than 70 publications, member of the Council of Scientific and Legal Expertise of the V. M. Koretsky Institute of State and Law of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
From 2000 to 2015, he taught land law, contract law, stock exchange law, and entrepreneurial land use at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. Candidate of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor, former Head of the Land Law Committee of the Ukrainian National Bar Association