Dina Popova


Dina Olehivna Popova, also known as Diana was a Ukrainian financier and businesswoman. Appointed the head of the Kyiv History Museum in September 2022, she was also the head of the Department of Culture of the Kyiv City State Administration in 2014–2021 and a Candidate of Historical Sciences.

Biography

Dina Popova was born in Lviv on 16 July 1977. Her father was a nuclear physicist who was acquainted with Victor Yushchenko for a long time.

Education

Popova graduated the finance faculty of the National Academy of Management in 1999. In 2001 she received a Master of International Law from the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv in the institute of International relations.
Dina Popova completed many courses at various institutions:
In 2013, she defended her PhD thesis entitled "The Crimean Question in Ukrainian-Russian Relations " and became a Candidate of Historical Sciences with a specialization in World History.

Illness and death

Dina Popova began chemotherapy in 2022. In March 2025, she wrote on her Facebook page that she was "going through the hardest weeks of her life." Popova died in Kyiv on 13 April 2025, at the age of 47.

Career

Business

Dina Popova worked at OLBank and as an assistant waitress at a restaurant during her studying at the National Academy of Management from 1993 to 1999.

Civil service

In July 2014 Popova entered civil service. She began with becoming an assistant-consultant of Pavlo Riabikin and from August to October 2014 was the First Deputy Director of the Department of Culture of the Kyiv City State Administration. On 28 October 2014 Popova was appointed Director of the Department of Culture of the executive body of the Kyiv City State Administration.
In September 2022 Popova was appointed General Head of the Kyiv History Museum.

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