Olha Kovalets’. Epistography of Olexander Konys’ky
Abstract
Olha Kovalets’. Epistography of Olexander Konys’ky.
Abstract. Oleksandr Konysky's epistolary legacy is an invaluable source for studying the history of Ukrainian spiritual life, culture and social life of the second half of the 19th century in general. The study of Oleksandr Konysky's epistolary legacy helped us to understand deeper his personality, views, the importance of influencing contemporaries and like-minded people in the second half of the nineteenth century. We analyzed the Oleksandr Konysky's diary for 1883-1886, his correspondence with Ilya Shrag, Mykhailo Hrushevsky. We believe that his thoughts and ideas were as multifaceted as he was. His diary, which describes only 4 years of his life from 1883 to 1886, was able to show the "most secret particles" of the life of the figure. We traced with whom and in what relationship Oleksandr Konys`ky was, which gave us the impetus to further study his personality through the analysis of his correspondence. The analysis of the correspondence between Oleksandr Konys`ky and Ilya Shrag helped us to elucidate the complex relationships in the Old Community (Stara Hromada) with which he had relations of interaction, rivalry, confrontation.
Oleksandr Konysky's collection of letters is a kind of synthesis of the author's personal confession and at the same time it is the public messages to Chernihiv “hromadians”, especially in matters concerning various aspects of the “Ukrainian project” from the 1890s to the early 1900s. Oleksandr Konys`ky's cooperation and communication in correspondence with Mykhailo Hrushevsky is a striking example of his epistolary heritage which most deeply characterizes him as
an influential political and social activist, a strong spiritual mentor, and a teacher who taught the correct thoughts and roads, brought up worthy people for him and Ukraine.
Keywords: Oleksandr Konys’ky, Ukrainianness, diary, correspondence, Ilya Shrag, Mykhailo Hrushevsky, epistolary heritage, second half of the XIX century, Kyiv.
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