Ukrainian School of Planetary Polarimetry

Planetary community knows Ukraine as a country that has a prominent history of polarimetric studies of Solar system objects. Ukrainian planetary polarimetry has been counting since 1926 when academician M. Barabashov (Kharkiv) observed polarization of the Moon. It got a significant impetus in late 1950^th since then concentrating in Kharkiv, Kyiv, and Crimea, and gradually moving its focus from polarimetric studies of Mars and Venus to comets and asteroids, at the same time keeping the leading role in the lunar polarimetry.  In parallel with building polarimetric instrumentation and observing, Ukrainian polarimetric school also has had notable achievements in theory, specifically in studies of planetary and cometary atmospheres and surfaces of the Moon and asteroids, and in laboratory studies of light scattering by particulate surfaces. The devastating events of this year made it impossible for the Ukrainian polarimetrists to participate in the EPSC meeting. This poster intends to compensate for their absence by describing the history of the Ukrainian Polarimetric School and reminding the planetary community about leading Ukrainian polarimetrists and their contribution to the polarimetry of small bodies.