Leonid Makhnovets (1919–1993) was a Ukrainian literary critic, historian, archaeologist, interpreter, bibliographer. He was a Doctor of Philological Sciences (1966) and a recipient of the Shevchenko National Prize (1990) for preparation and publishing "Chronicle Ruthenian" (based on Hypatian Codex). Makhnovets was born on May 31, 1919 in village Ozera, Kiev Governorate, Ukrainian People's Republic (today Bucha Raion, Kyiv Oblast). Makhnovtsev is an author and coauthor of 400 works, compiler and editor of publications of Shevchenko Institute of Literature.