A critical review and evaluation of factual inaccuracies in Ukrainian scholarly publications on Academician Heorhiy Proskura’s biography

The training of engineers in the field of hydraulics on the territory of contemporary Ukraine began more than a century ago at the Mechanical Department of the Kharkiv Institute of Technology (KhTI). This article, dedicated to the history and the establishment of the hydraulic laboratory in Kharkiv, provides clarity on the role of its founders. In particular, it outlines the reasons that forced Heorhiy Fyodorovych Proskura to abruptly shift his research focus from hydraulics and hydraulic engineering to aviation and aeronautics. This change of his scientific interests later paved the way for the establishment of Kharkiv Aviation Institute (KhAI).