«“SOKIL-BATKO” REALLY HAS ENOUGH OF VARIOUS WORRIES ALREADY». FROM THE UNKNOWN CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN IVAN BOBERSKYI AND THE MANAGEMENT OF THE SOKIL-BATKO SOCIETY IN LVIV

Abstract

The huge epistolary heritage of a socio-cultural and military-political figure Prof. Ivan Boberskyi has not become the subject of a separate study in Ukrainian science. The author presents 12 letters, which are stored in fund 312 «Ukrainian sports society “Sokil-Batko”, Lviv» of the Central State Historical Archive of Ukraine in Lviv. Dated back to 1937, they highlight I. Boberskyi's relationship with the leadership of the «Sokil-Batko» Ukrainian society in Lviv. Based on them, it was revealed, what kind of efforts I. Boberskyi was made in the diaspora and Halychyna for raising funds for the Sokil movement activities, in particular, for the arrangement of a «Sokil-Batko» square for exercising «Ukrainian City» («Ukrainskyi Horod») in Lviv. The letters also provide information on the professor's editorial work, for instance, regarding the second edition of Edvard Zharskyi's «Osnovy Sokilstva». Investigated that the letters contain information about the plans of the Ukrainian society in Halychyna, in particular, about preparing the 4th Regional Movement, which was to take place in Lviv in 1938, including new types of sports, etc. In I. Boberskyi's letter to Sokil-Batko from September 10, 1937, the author found his analytical article entitled «Hartovana Stal» published with insignificant changes in the Sokil calendar for 1938. As stated, the presented epistolary heritage of the 1930s is part of an interesting and unique correspondence that sheds light on the life path of I. Boberskyi and on many events of the Ukrainian history of an interwar period. Keywords Ivan Boberskyi, Canada, United States of America, Switzerland, Slovenia, Trzych, Halychyna, Lviv, Ukrainian gymnastic society «Sokil-Batko», «Sokil-Batko» Square («Ukrainian City»), Sokil periodicals, sports.