Years of creative growth of O.V. Dobrzhanskyi

Abstract

The life course and major milestones of the scientific activity of the famous Ukrainian historian, doctor of historical sciences, professor, dean of the faculty of history, political science and international relations of the Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University – Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Dobrzhanskyi are revealed in the article.

 It is emphasized that under the influence of his father, Oleksandr chose to be a historian. Having a desire for historical and local lore, interest in historical studies, he entered postgraduate study (correspondence form of study), and since 1982 he went to work at Chernivtsi University as an assistant at the then Department of History of the Soviet Union and Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of History Faculty. In 1986 he defended his PhD thesis (on the history of economic cooperation of the Soviet Ukraine with the Baltic republics), since 1990 – an associate professor, since 1993 – at the Department of History of Ukraine (created in 1990). Since 1999 – professor.

 In 1999, O.V. Dobrzhanskyi published a monograph entitled “The National Movement of Bukovyna Ukrainians in the Second Half of the XIXth – Beginning of the XXth Century”, in which he thoroughly revealed the socio-economic, political, legal, national and religious status of Bukovyna Ukrainians, their cultural and educational level.

 Important place in the historical studies of O.V. Dobrzanskyi is occupied by the problem of the struggle of Ukrainians of Bukovyna, as well as of Galicia and Transcarpathia, and of the strengthening of their own state in the conditions of the First World War and the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

The article analyzes the scientific achievements of O.V. Dobrzhanskyi, which has over 240 published scientific articles and 9 monographs on current issues of Ukrainian history. And it is also noted that O.V. Dobrzhanskyi is a well-known organizer of historical science in the western region of Ukraine.

Keywords: Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Dobrzhanskyi, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, scientific publication