Yevgeny Golubovsky

Yevgeny Mikhailovich Golubovsky (Евге́ний Миха́йлович Голубо́вский; Євген Михайлович Голубовський; 5 December 1936 – 6 August 2023) was a Soviet and Ukrainian journalist and culturologist. He was editor of the newspaper World Odessa News, deputy editor of the almanac Deribasovskaya-Rishelievskaya, vice-president of the, compiler, commentator, author of forewords for more than twenty books, and chairman of the Public Council of the.

Life and career
Yevgeny Golubovsky was born in Odesa on 5 December 1936. He graduated from the Odesa Polytechnic Institute, where in 1956 he arranged a debate evening with his friends on art from impressionism to cubism, which was perceived by the authorities as an action against the official art of socialist realism. Only the intervention of Ilya Ehrenburg and Boris Polevoy saved him from being expelled from the institute.

After working for several years as an engineer, he went into journalism related to the culture and history of Odesa. Published in magazines in Russia, Ukraine, USA, Israel. Member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine.

In 1990, he founded the newspaper of the World Club of Odessans World Odesa News, where he also worked as an editor. Since 2000, he has been the deputy editor of the literary and artistic almanac Deribasovskaya-Rishelievskaya.

In September 2022, Golubovsky became the Honorary Citizen of Odesa.

Yevgeny Golubovsky died on 6 August 2023, at the age of 86.