ПЕДАГОГІЧНА ДІЯЛЬНІСТЬ АНТІНА КНЯЖИНСЬКОГО

Abstract

The beginning of the twentieth century for the culture of Galicia was particularly rich: in opposition to political and economic problems, Ukrainian pedagogy, musicology, folklore, linguistics, and literature were developing. Already from the 90s of the twentieth century, Ukrainians were able to legally process materials from the pre-Soviet period, publish information about the leaders of Ukrainian culture and science banned by the Soviet authorities, and study their creative achievements. To the little-known, unfortunately, names in the fields of pedagogy, sociology, ethnopsychology and folklore belongs to the name of Dr. Antin Knyazhynskiy, one of the accomplices of the Ukrainian education, science and culture development in Galicia 20-30 years of the last century, one of the first Ukrainian ethnopsychologists.Professor Antin Knyazhynskiy is a man of great interest, great work ability and invincible strength of spirit. Having put his life on the altar of service to his native people, he tried to direct all his forces to the development of Ukrainian education, culture and science: a teacher – he was a teacher of Ukrainian, Latin, Polish and German languages and literatures in gymnasiums of Yavorov, Drohobych, Ternopil, Sambir, Kolomyia and Teaching Seminary in Sambir; co-founder of the Society and the Boykivshchyna Museum in Sambir; the author of scientific works on ethnopsychology, sociology, folklore, literary studies; editor, actor, director, ethnographer, writer. In 1945-55 he was a prisoner of concentration camps of the USSR.The article gives a brief history of life and pedagogical activity of Antin Knyazynskiy. On the basis of the memoirs of his students, the main features of Knyazhynskiy as an outstanding Ukrainian teacher of the 20-30’s of the twentieth century were described.