Mychailo Drahomanov's contribution to the educational activities of Ruthenian-Ukrainian Radical Party (1890-1895)

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21847/1728-9343.2016.6(146).91772

Keywords:

M. Drahomanov, RURP, educational activities, Galician intellectuals, the works for people

Abstract

Mykhailo Drahomanov (1841-1895) was an outstanding scientist, philosopher and leader of Ukrainian national movement in the second half of the 19th century. He has communicated actively with the Eastern-Galician intellectuals in the fields of polical and cultural affairs during more than two decades. One of main directions of cooperation there were contacts in the sphere of inlightening. The most fruitful stage of M. Drahomanov's participation in educational life of Eastern Galicia is related to activity of Ruthenian-Ukrainian Radical Party (RURP), which was founded in 1890. First of all M. Drahomanov has became an author of row of works for people. These were the articles for radical periodical "Khliborob" ("The Agrarian") and the series of brochures. The only idea of scientist's popular heritage was the conception of human rights and freedoms - the social, political, national and religious ones - and the struggle for them. The leading members of RURP - S. Danylovych, I. Harasymovych, M. Pavlyk, K. Tryliovskyi, I. Franko, R. Yarosevych - helped M. Drahomanov for realization of his ideas, published and distributed his works among the Galician peasants. M. Drahomanov's popular heritage has been reprinted during the period of the late 19th - the first one third of 20th centiries not only in the Western-Ukrainian lands.

Author Biography

Oleksandra Shorstkina, Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University

PhD Student of the Department of the Ancient and Modern History of Ukraine, History Faculty

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Published

2017-02-02

How to Cite

Shorstkina, O. (2017). Mychailo Drahomanov’s contribution to the educational activities of Ruthenian-Ukrainian Radical Party (1890-1895). Skhid, (6(146). https://doi.org/10.21847/1728-9343.2016.6(146).91772

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History