The soviet historiography of socio-political and cultural-educational activities of Ukrainian literary intelligentsia in Galicia and Bukovyna (the end of XIX – the beginning of XX century)

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https://doi.org/10.31861/hj2019.49.56-66

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Galicia, Bukovyna, literary intelligentsia, Soviet historiography

Abstract

The article analyzes the Soviet historiography of the socio-political, cultural and educational activities of the Ukrainian literary intelligentsia of Galicia and Bukovyna of the end of XIX – the beginning of XX century.

The historiographical legacy of the totalitarian era is considered, which concerns: the Ukrainian national movement in general; the role of the intelligentsia in social processes, as well as the personalities of the writers of the time.

It is emphasized that the socio-political activities of the intelligentsia, including the literary, were viewed by Soviet historians through the lens of division into «revolutionary-democratic figures» and representatives of the «bourgeois-nationalist camp».

It was found that Soviet researchers used a typical scheme of constructing biographies of the then «democratic writers», portraying them as «weepers» over the heavy fate of the bourgeois orders of the peasantry. And also exaggerated the influence of political and cultural figures of Russia O. Herzen, M. Chernyshevskyi, F. Dostoevskyi, Maxim Gorkyi, L. Tolstoy and others on the formation of the outlook of individual writers. At the same time, the influences of Western European thinkers and literary figures were silenced or their negative impact on the consciousness of the latter was emphasized.

Despite adherence to the relevant ideological line, the author notes with depth and thoroughness the works of the literary critic F. Pogrebennyk, dedicated to V. Stefanyk, Les Martovych and O. Makovei.

The conclusions emphasize that, despite a number of just shortcomings, the Soviet historiography of the socio-political activity of the Ukrainian literary intelligentsia is an important stage in the study of this issue. This is due, first of all, to the fact that Soviet-era researchers succeeded in developing a considerable amount of narrative on the issues raised, which became the starting point for new, more objective studies after Ukraine gained independence.

Keywords: Galicia, Bukovyna, literary intelligentsia, Soviet historiography

Author Biography

Mykola Huivaniuk, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University

PhD in History, Associate Professor, the Department of History of Ukraine

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2019-06-30

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Huivaniuk, M. (2019). The soviet historiography of socio-political and cultural-educational activities of Ukrainian literary intelligentsia in Galicia and Bukovyna (the end of XIX – the beginning of XX century). History Journal of Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, (49), 56-66. https://doi.org/10.31861/hj2019.49.56-66

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