SOCIO-POLITICAL ACTIVITY OF THE BROTHERS MYKHAILO AND BOHDAN HORYN IN MODERN UKRAINIAN HISTORIOGRAPHY

Bohdan Verbytskyi

doi:10.23856/4222

Abstract

In recent years there has been a growing academic interest in studying the socio-political activities of particular personalities of the dissident human rights movement in the Ukrainian SSR, which led to declaration of Ukraine’s independence in 1991. The article has analyzed the researches and historical literature of Ukrainian scientists who have mentioned the activity of Mykhailo and Bohdan Horyn in their scientific contributions. Based on the factual materials, the author has divided into groups and characterized historical works dealing with different aspects of dissident, samizdat (literal meaning “self-publishing”), socio-political and state-building activities of the Horyn brothers. Following the results of processed data, it has been established that the role of M. and B. Horyn, as one of the key personalities who facilitated the achievement of Ukraine’s independence, was poorly elucidated in the scientific literature. Thus, the study of activities of the above figures contributes to a better understanding of the historical processes taking place in the USSR in the second half of the XXth century.

Highlights

Considering the available academic literature, covering general problems of the functioning of the Ukrainian national liberation movement in the second half of the XXth century and individual aspects of activities of the Horyn brothers, it seems expedient to divide the historiographical research into the following groups:
The analytical historiographical overview of activities of the Horyn brothers confirms they have become an object of the academic interest
The papers devoted to the history of the national liberation movement contain a piece of information on the dissident time of the Horyn brothers, their engagement in samizdat

Summary

Introduction

In the context of modern Ukrainian state building, both social and scientific interest in the historical processes associated with the evolution of Ukraine’s independence is steadily on the rise. The socio-political activity of the Horyn brothers has become the focus of attention of the academic community over the recent decades. It has been caused by the considerable interest associated with the personalities who made a significant contribution to Ukraine’s independence. Considering the available academic literature, covering general problems of the functioning of the Ukrainian national liberation movement in the second half of the XXth century and individual aspects of activities of the Horyn brothers, it seems expedient to divide the historiographical research into the following groups:. – special academic papers which focus on activities of the Horyn brothers in the socio-political life of Ukraine

The former historiographical group of sources

The latter historiographical group of sources

Conclusions