ГУЦУЛЬСЬКА РЕСПУБЛІКА В ПУБЛІЦИСТИЦІ ВАСИЛЯ ҐРЕНДЖІ-ДОНСЬКОГО ТА МИХАЙЛА ГАФІЇ ТРАЙСТИ

Abstract

The paper analyzes the features of the disclosure of the Hutsul Republic, having existed as a Ukrainian state in 1918-19 on the territory of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Transcarpathia), in the publicist works of Vasyl Grendzha-Donsky and Mykhailo Gafia Traysta. The attention of both publicists to this topic is not accidental. It was especially relevant for Vasyl Grendzha-Donsky, a contemporary of the period under study, to glorify the heroism of the Ukrainian people in the struggle for their rights in connection with the awakening of the national consciousness of Ukrainians in Transcarpathia and the struggle for the formation of Carpathian Ukraine in the 20-30s of the twentieth century. The publications of the modern author Mykhailo Hafia Traysta, dedicated to the events of the Hutsul Republic at this difficult time, activate the theme of selfless struggle of Ukrainians, the patriotism, the restoration of historical memory in the conditions of information and military aggression by the Russian Federation. For both authors, as representatives of different historical epochs, the events came from accordingly available sources. For V. Grendzha-Donsky, it is communication with the direct participants of the events, recording of legends, testimonies, impressions, memories, use of official materials, information, messages, etc. For M. Traysta – popular science works, publications of authoritative modern scientists, etc. The texts under analysis are full of specific historical facts of 1918-1919 period, highlight the figures of famous leaders of national liberation struggles. The publications of both authors with their pathos and emotional charge convey the public mood of that significant epoch. The specificity of the facts, the logic of presentation, the style of writing mobilize the reader's attention, arouse both general and scientific interest of a wide range of readers to important events of their own history. This provides the prospect of further study of the topic in Ukrainian journalism. The article clarifies the main contextual and semantic accents, factual arsenal, ideological charge and stylistic devices in the publications of both authors. The works are characterized by the public acuity and journalistic pathos of the topic.