Political Practices of B. Hrinchenko at the Turn of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries in the Light of Ego-Documents (To the 160th Anniversary of the Birth)

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https://doi.org/10.15407/uhj2023.06.152

Keywords:

B. Hrinchenko, ego-documents, Ukrainian national movement, political activity, party, Ukrainian Democratic Party, Ukrainian Radical Party, Ukrainian Democratic-Radical Party, Brotherhood of Tarasovs (Bratstvo tarasivtsiv)., B. Hrinchenko, ego-documents, Ukrainian national movement, political activity, party, Ukrainian Democratic Party, Ukrainian Radical Party, Ukrainian Democratic-Radical Party, Brotherhood of Tarasovs (Bratstvo tarasivtsiv)

Abstract

The purpose is to investigate the political component of B. Hrinchenko’s public activity, to find out his role as an ideologist and organizer of national parties based on personal documents, to reveal the features of the leader’s position in the strategy and tactics of the political struggle of Ukrainians.

The research methodology is based on the deconstruction and reinterpretation of the texts of ego-documents and the systematic combination of individual-biographical, subject-activity, and social-typological approaches in determining the place of B. Hrinchenko in the process of politicization of the Ukrainian movement.

The scientific novelty lies in the complex use of ego-documents to enlighten the conceptual evolution of the Ukrainian movement in the selected period, clarifying the ideological positions and practical strategies of B. Hrinchenko in the political movement and party building, which are diffi cult to reconstruct holistically only from offi cial documentary sources.

Conclusions. The persona lity of B. Hrinchenko and his ideo logical beliefs had a signifi cant impact on the establishment of the national liberaldemocratic movement program principles and the formation of the political outlook of individual figures. The formation of the political paradigm of national work by B. Hrinchenko contributed to the development of a mass political movement. Hrinchenko’s concept of using nationalcultural and educational work in political activity appears to be a well-founded philosophy and promising practice of the actions of the intellectuals in the interests of the Ukrainian nation.

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Published

2023-12-29

How to Cite

Klymenko, N., & Bezzub, Y. (2023). Political Practices of B. Hrinchenko at the Turn of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries in the Light of Ego-Documents (To the 160th Anniversary of the Birth). Ukrainian Historical Journal, (6), 152–172. https://doi.org/10.15407/uhj2023.06.152

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