Ukrainian Literature Intelligentsia of Galicia and Bukovyna as the Generator of the National Idea in the Late 19th – Early 20th Century:

Mykola Huivaniuk. “On the Way Forward We Are Just Stone-Crashers...” Ukrainian Intelligentsia in the Socio-Political and Cultural-Educational Lifen of Galicia and Bukovyna (Late 19th – Early 20th Centuries)

Abstract

An important condition for building a full-fledged civil society is the creative use of the experience of previous generations. An in-depth monograph of candidate of historical sciences, head of the Department of History of Ukraine at the Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University named after Mykola Guivanyuk "On the way of progress, we are only stonemasons..." is devoted to the analysis of such experience, which reveals the place and significance of the activity of the Ukrainian literary intelligentsia in the socio-political and cultural the educational life of Galicia and Bukovyna at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries. In five sections of the scientific study, the activity of writers in protecting the economic and social interests of the Ukrainian population is considered, their influence on the socio-political and religious life of the region is shown, and educational and scientific activities are analyzed.