The figure of E. Olesnytskyy (1860–1917) in the context of the history of Eastern Galicia

Анотація

We consider it necessary to carry out a retrospective review of the main pages of the life of a prominent representative of the Galician-Ukrainian intelligentsia at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries Yevhen Olesnytskyy and emphasize the extraordinary importance of his figure in the history of Ukraine. The research methodology of the research is based on the integrated application of general scientific methods, such as analysis, synthesis, and historical ones: historicalgenetic, historical-comparative, historical-typological and historical-systematic. The scientific novelty. The dissertation investigates all aspects of the public and parliamentary activities of Yevhen Olesnytskyy, famous Ukrainian public activist, economist, lawyer and politician of the turn of the 20-th century. His activities are analyzed on the basis of published and archival materials, periodicals, memoirs and studies of Ukrainian and foreign historians. The author traces down the formation of the social and political views of Yevhen Olesnytskyy and his first steps in the politics, characterizes his professional activity and analyzed his contributions to the periodicals. Also the cultural and economic activities of Yevhen Olesnytskyy in Ukrainian societies Prosvita and Silskyy Hospodar are studied in detail, in particular his role in the development of the Ukrainian cooperative movement. The main part of the dissertation is devoted to the political and parliamentary activities of Yevhen Olesnytskyy in the Galician Sejm (Diet) and Austrian parliament that were inspired by the cultural, economic, political and national aspirations of the Galician Ukrainians. Conclusions. Yevhen Olesnytskyy’s large-scale and diverse activity contributed to the development of economic, cultural and political life and the inculcation of national consciousness among the broad masses of the Ukrainian people.