Prominent Figures of the Nizhyn Higher School in the Context of the History of Ukrainian Ethnolinguistics

Abstract

The paper deals with three outstanding figures from the history of Ukrainian culture of the 19th – early 20th centuries. This is Oleksiy Pavlovsky, the author of the first in history scientific grammar of the Ukrainian language (1818); Pylyp Morachevsky, the author of the first translation of the Gospel into Ukrainian (1859–1864); Fedir Vovk, the author of the first thorough ethnocultural monograph about the Ukrainian people in the European context (1918). Significant self-sacrificing work in the name of the future Ukrainian people and involvement in the Nizhyn Higher School unite their names. Their visions of Ukraine, understanding of the world context of Ukrainian culture determined their civic choice. The scientific and creative output of students and teachers of Nizhyn Higher School is changing the boundaries of philological regional studies. The significance of the Nizhyn ethnolinguistic scientific school in the context of the history of Ukrainian ethnolinguistics is revealed in the article.