The Intelligentsia and the Authorities During the Ukrainian Revolution of 1917–1921: Personified Historiography

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyze various publications concerning the issues of transforming the views of the old intelligentsia leaders during the Ukrainian revolution of 1917–1921. Special attention is paid to information dealing with relations between the intelligentsia and the Soviet authorities, which had gained the dominant position and finally occupied Ukraine by that time and imposed their ideology on the researchers. The archives have stored predominantly the data concerning the interrelations of the old intelligentsia and the Bolshevik regime.The research methodology of this study is based on culturological principles and methods. Particular attention is paid to comparative principles and methods which make it possible to analyze in detail the main works concerning the interrelations of the old intelligentsia leaders and various authorities, mainly the Soviet authorities during the Ukrainian revolution of 1917–1921.Results. The author of this study analyzes in detail the most important publications available currently regarding the issues of diversifying the views of the old intelligentsia leaders in relation to different authorities, mainly the Soviet government, during the Ukrainian revolution of 1917–1921. Special attention is paid to the analysis of information concerning the relations of the intelligentsia and the Soviet regime. This is explained mainly by the fact that it was the Bolshevik regime that had gained the dominant position in Ukraine by that time and imposed their concepts and ideology on the intelligentsia. This regime also ensured that the archives stored the material of only the Soviet «origin».Novelty. The author has studied a lot of relevant works using culturological methodology to analyze in detail the transformation of the views of the old intelligentsia leaders concerning their attitude to various authorities, in particular the Bolshevik government, during the Ukrainian Revolution of 1917–1921.The practical significance. The information contained in this paper may be used for further research of the issues mentioned above as well as in the process of developing new educational and methodological material in culturology, in particular history and theory of Ukrainian culture.