D.F. Krasitsky is a historian and a shevchenko scientist

Abstract

The article is devoted to the scientific, pedagogical and literary activities of Dmitry Filimonovich Krasitsky (1901–1989) – the great-grandson of the genius Kobzar, who in the early 40s. worked in the Dnipropetrovsk State University, as Vice-Rector of the Dnipropetrovsk State University (1943–1944), Head of the Pulpit History Peoples of the Soviet Union (1943–1946). He was patriot of his native language, as evidenced by the materials of the Museum of the History of the Oles Gonchar Dnipro National University. A member of the Writers’ Union of Ukraine (1960), a known writer who devoted almost his entire adult life to studying the biography and creative heritage of Taras Shevchenko. The insufficient development of the problem necessitated the involvement of documentary materials from the Museum of the History of the Oles Gonchar National National University, a rare book department, which made it possible to investigate the problem. It is noteworthy that after a fruitful stay at Dnepropetrovsk State University, D. F. Krasitsky in 1946 moved to Kiev, where he worked as director, and later deputy director of the house-museum, T. G. Shevchenko. For more than 20 years he was a member of the journal “People and Light”, a member of the methodical sonnet of the “Knowledge” society, published more than 500 articles and essays on the problems of literary and shevchenko science.