In 2009, on his initiative, together with the Institute of Art History, Folklore and Ethnology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, a monograph "People's Icon of the Middle Dnieper 18-20 c. in the context of the peasant cultural space",[2] was published, which received a number of the most prestigious awards.

The jury of the XI All-Ukrainian rating "Book of the Year 2009" recognized the monograph as the best and awarded it first place in the nomination "Business Card", as well as the Grand Prix as the main winner.

In 2014, on the initiative of M. Babak and with the participation of the Institute of Art History, Folklore and Ethnology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, a monograph "Rural photography of the Middle Dnieper region of the late 19th-20th centuries" was created.

The jury of the XVI All-Ukrainian rating "Book of the Year 2014" recognized the monograph as the best and awarded it first place in the nomination "Business Card".

The collection of folk icons is considered to be the most outstanding while it represents the iconography of Taras Shevchenko's land where the basis of the Ukrainian nation, language and culture was formed.