Короткий опис(реферат):
The article analyzes the main preconditions for the formation of pro-Ukrainian views
among students of the Kyiv Theological Academy and determines their percentages
among the graduates from the 1890s to 1907. When in the late 1850s and the early 1860s
the Ukrainian intelligentsia carried out semi-legal cultural and educational work within
Ukrainophile communities (the hromadas), few students of the Academy took part in
their activities, with only 4 participants being active members in the Kyiv Hromada.
Later, when students from the 1890s to 1907 at the Kyiv Theological Academy joined
the national movement, pro-Ukrainian activities became more popular with the clergy.
According to statistical and biographical data gathered by the author, the percentage of
nationally-minded graduates among Ukrainian-born students at the Academy varied
from 5 to 38% depending on the year of graduation. They engaged in educational
work in schools, popularized Ukrainian-language literature, collected ethnographic
materials, studied the history of their native land, and translated religious literature.
Moreover, 11 students left their mark in the history of the hromada movement. Such
well-known public figures as Oleksandr Lototskyi, Volodymyr Durdukivskyi, Serhii
Lypkivskyi, and Volodymyr Chekhivskyi, who all played a significant role in the events
of the national revolution and the struggle for the independence of Ukraine, deserve
special mention. Active participation of Academy graduates in Ukrainian public life
challenges the general view of the Kyiv Theological Academy as a highly reactionary
educational institution that trained cadres who served only the interests of the Russian
Empire.
