| | Edited by O. Turii, compiled by U. Kryshtalovych and I. Svarnyk. Lviv: Institute of Church History of the Ukrainian Catholic University, 2002. - XXXIV + 270 p. [in Ukrainian]
ISBN 966-7034-34-8 |
This collection includes the foundational documents of the Main Ruthenian Council, the first Ukrainian national-political organization, created in Halychyna at the initiative of and under the direction of the Greek Catholic hierarchy at the time of the revolutionary European uprisings of 1848. The whole spectrum of the multi-sided activities of this institution are reflected in the minutes of the sessions and the book of correspondence: the condition of its structure, the working-out of its ideology and forms of political struggle, the establishment of the first Ukrainian periodical and other cultural-educational initiatives, attempts at «Ukrainianization» of the administration, primary education, and the creation of the first Ukrainian military formations, defense of the rights of villagers, and securing religious equality. The publication of primary sources is accompanied by a thorough preface, notes, indices of names and geographical places, and a dictionary of unfamiliar terminology and foreign words. The book is intended for historians, political scientists, culturologists, theologians, scholars and students, all those interested in the past of Ukraine and the genesis of the Ukrainian national movement.
The texts were prepared for publication with the assistance of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Alberta (by the Stephania Bukachevska-Pastushenko Archival Endowment Fund)
The publication was made possible thanks to the financial support of The International Renaissance Foundation. |
| List of Abbreviations |
vi | |
The Ukrainian «Spring of Nations» |
ix | |
Reports of the Meetings |
1 | |
Book of Correspondence |
141 | |
Dictionary of Rarely Used and Foreign Words |
215 | |
Index of Names |
244 | |
Geographical Index |
259 | |
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