Five rectors of Odesa universities declared 3 thousand square meters

In 2025, the total area of residential real estate owned by five rectors of higher education institutions in Odesa amounted to 2,911 square meters.

TheCenter for Public Investigations and Intent analyzed the declarations of 16 heads of state and municipal higher education institutions in Odesa Oblast for 2025.

In particular, the rector of Odesa National Medical University Stanislav Schneider and his family declared five residential properties with a total area of more than 1,200 square meters. The largest asset is a spacious 657-square-meter apartment in Odesa, registered directly in his name. In October 2025, he also purchased a 52-square-meter apartment in Greece. His wife Svitlana Levina owns three more apartments: two in Odesa - 309 and 100 square meters - and another in Greece with an area of almost 84 square meters, purchased at the end of 2022. The total estimated value of all the family's declared Greek assets, including non-residential premises and a parking space, is approximately UAH 16.7 million.

Valeriy Zaporozhan, acting rector of the same university, declared two large residential properties. He owns a 265-square-meter apartment in Odesa and a 345-square-meter country house in Kryzhanivka.

Acting Vice-Rector of Odesa National Maritime University Iryna Savelieva has five residential properties in her declaration. The bulk of the real estate is located in Odesa: a large apartment of 232 square meters and three other apartments of 69, 67 and 66 square meters. In addition, the family owns a 59-square-meter apartment in Chornomorsk, where the share registered to the husband's wife is 29 square meters.

Maya Nikolaieva - until recently the acting rector - does not have residential real estate registered in her name, but in the name of her husband, Oleksandr Nikolaiev. He owns three houses in the village of Oleksandrivka, Odesa district: one 184-square-meter house and two other houses of 57 square meters each.

The family of Oleksandr Nazarenko, rector of the State University of Intellectual Technologies and Communications, owns five apartments in Odesa. Their area ranges from 43 to 97 square meters. Nazarenko himself fully owns only one apartment, with an area of 87 square meters. In the largest apartment of 97 square meters, he owns only a share of 32 square meters. The other three apartments are registered in the name of his wife, Koroleva-Nazarenko.

Among the rectors, Savelieva ranks first in terms of non-residential real estate. Her declaration lists one property in Odesa, a non-residential building with an area of 202 square meters.

The Zakharchenko family has a much larger list of property. Together, they declared five non-residential properties with a total area of 163 square meters. Among them are three garages in Odesa and Kryzhanivka with an area of 18, 19.5 and 33 square meters. In addition, his wife owns a 42.7-square-meter room in Ovidiopol, and the declarant himself has another property in Prybuzhany, Voznesensk district, which is almost 50 square meters.

Schneider declared several small non-residential properties. In Odesa, the family owns three 15-square-meter premises: two are registered in his name and one in his wife's name. The declaration also includes properties in Greece - a small non-residential building and a parking space.

Zaporozhets declared two parking spaces in Odesa, each with an area of 17 square meters.

Кирило Бойко