Наукова та громадсько-політична діяльність академіка Володимира Гнатюка в контексті українського національного відродження кінця ХІХ – початку ХХ ст.

The thesis for the Candidate Degree in History, Speciality 07. 00. 01 - History of Ukraine. - Chernivtsi Yu. Fedkovych National University, Chernivtsi, 2002.

The thesis contains an integrated investigation on the life and activity of Volodymyr Hnatyuk in the context of the Ukrainian National Revival at the end of the 19th - the beginning of the 20th century. The main attention is attracted to the content, forms, and trends of this work.

On the basis of critical analysis of Ukrainian and foreign bibliography, and through introducing new sources of bibliography to the scientific forum, the research presents a systematic investigation of the interrelated problems of the overall topic - the historiography of the theme and overview of the sources; formation of V. Hnatyuk as a personality, scientist, and public figure; as well as V. Hnatyuk's scientific and social-and-political activity.

The author considers the process of maturing and evolution of national and scientific viewpoints of the figure. On the background of the Ukrainian social and political life, the researcher characterises the main stages proceeded the appearance of V. Hnatyuk on the national-and-social arena. The attention is paid to the role of the family, national history and folklore, studying at Lviv University, as well as collaboration with the famous people of the time (M. Drahomanov, M. Hrushevsky, I. Franko, G. Strypsky and others) in the formation of Hnatyuk's outlook and scientific viewpoints.

Volodymyr Hnatyuk was a representative of the new generation of Ukrainian national leaders who appeared on the historical arena at the end of the 19th - the beginning of the 20th century. During his life Hnatyuk has been consolidating the following ideas: declaration of the Ukrainian national independence, understanding the role of the cultural-and-national revival as the only way to the own state, as well as wide vision of the all-Ukrainian problem taking into the consideration the international relations. Many-sided, diverse activity of Volodymyr Hnatyuk as a scientist, cultural-and-educational and public-and-political figure was directed to the establishment of the national ideas in the consciousness of the Ukrainians. He wished to see them as real patriots, who are proud of the millennial property of the Ukrainian culture and who are ready to fight for the state independence of Ukraine as a guarantee of the further enriching of the national-and-cultural treasure of the Ukrainian people in the future. His activity became the important factor in the process of the consolidation of the Ukrainian society.

The research analyses the figure of V. Hnatyuk in the context of the national revival at the end of the 19th - the beginning of the 20th century. The epoch of the national rebirth of the Ukrainian people raised the scientist to the top of the real genius thanks to his interest to the past of his country. His folklore and ethnographical works became popular among the Ukrainian people. Hnatyuk grew on the needs of time and woke the national feelings within Ukrainian society, and brought the real patriots. Renewal, studying and spreading the Ukrainian traditions were one of the important sides of his activity.

The subject scope of V. Hnatyuk's work was extremely wide, namely: history of politics, national complement of the inhabitants of Austria-Hungary and historical relations between nations, national and social oppression of the people in Austria-Hungary, political disfranchisement of the workers, women's movement for the civil rights, activity of the cultural-and-educational societies, modern state of the Ukrainian literature.

The thesis also presents the investigation of the main trends of V. Hnatyuk's activity in the Taras Shevchenko Scientific Society, as well as his role in its formation and development. Hnatyuk worked as a secretary of the Society, and of its Philological and Ethnographical sections. Later he was a head of the Ethnographical section. Hnatyuk also took part in the work of the Historical-and-philosophical section. The investigation deals with the analysis of Hnatyuk's editing and publishing activity in the Society.

The work also focuses on the wide all-Ukrainian character of the diverse activity of Volodymyr Hnatyuk. By his multi-aspected work, Hnatyuk contributed greatly to the awakening of the Ugorska Rus public activity, to the national-and-cultural and literary life for the state of cordial relations of Transcarpathian Ukrainians with Halychyna and Naddniprianska Ukraine.

The dissertation establishes the place of Hnatyuk in the history of the national culture and politics. The scientist had a great influence on the development of the Ukrainian cultural-and-national and social-and-political life. He played the important role in the self-establishment of the Ukrainian nation and creating the preconditions of the statehood and independence of Ukraine.

Key words: Volodymyr Hnatyuk, scientific activity, public-and-political activity, National Revival, folklore, Taras Shevchenko Scientific Society, West Ukrainian territories.

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