Kravets Danylo

Epistolary of M. Demkovych-Dobriansky and V. Kubiyovych as source for émigré Shevchenko Scientific Society work research

Section: Shevchenko Scientific Society in terms of biography (to the 150th anniversary of its foundation)

Abstract: The aim of the work. The research analyzes the epistolary of M. Demkovych-Dobriansky stored in the Department of Manuscripts of Vasyl Stefanyk National Scientific Library of Ukraine in Lviv. The purpose of the proposed paper is to analyze and present the letters of both V. Kubiyovych and M. Demkovych-Dobriansky as an historical source for a research of emigre Shevchenko Scientific Society work. The methodology is based on the principles of his toricism, objectivity, as well as on general historical methods – chronological, retrospective, problem-thematic and statistical-analytical. The scientific novelty of the paper lies in the review of the director of the emigre Shevchenko Scientific Society (France) V. Kubiyovych and journalist and editor-in-chief of the Ukrainian edition of Radio Liberty M. Demkovych-Dobriansky. Conclusion. The Encyclopedia of Ukraine, published during the 1950-1980s was published under the auspices of the Shevchenko Scientific Society in French city of Sarcelles. This encyclopedia is one of the greatest achievements of Ukrainian science. As a result of the research, it was proved that M. Demkovych-Dobrіansky took an active part in editing and reviewing particularl controver-sial articles-slogans concerning the history of the Second World War and the Ukrainian diaspora – "Ukrainian National Council in Lviv" (1941), "Ukrainian National Council in Kyiv" (1941), "Ukrainian National Council" (1947–1978), "Ukrainian People’s Republic in Exile", "Ukrainian Union of State Farmers", "Folsdeutsche", "Ukrainian National State Union", "Hans Frank" and others. An important contribution of M. Demkovych-Dobrіansky to the Encyclopedia of Ukraine were his great articles "Great Britain" and "Nation".

Keywords: M. Demkovych-Dobriansky, V. Kubiyovych, Shevchenko Scientific Society in Europe (Sarcelles), diaspora, Encyclopedia of Ukraine.

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• Kravets Danylo (Vasyl Stefanyk National Scentific Library of Ukraine in Lviv, Ukraine, Lviv, Davydiw@gmail.com) ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1963-9678

Cite:
Kravets Danylo (2023). Epistolary of M. Demkovych-Dobriansky and V. Kubiyovych as source for émigré Shevchenko Scientific Society work research. Biographistica Ukrainica, (24) 94-109. (In Ukrainan). https://doi.org/10.15407/ub.24.094

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