Cultural and educational activities of Ukrainian cooperatives in interwar Poland in the 1920s and 1930s of the 20th century

Анотація

In the article cultural and educational activities of Ukrainian cooperation in interwar Poland in 20-30’s of the 20th century as well as peculiarities of its cooperation with leading national public and economic societies were studied. It is noted that Western cooperation in interwar Poland acted as an independent, nationally oriented public and economic institution. The Ukrainian people found in cooperation a form of economic, cultural and spiritual preservation of themselves as a national community

The forms of activity of Ukrainian cooperatives in the cultural and educational sphere are analyzed. The most important among them were conducting educational and cooperative courses; establishment of professional educational institutions; publishing of cooperative periodics; organization of cooperative holidays, cultural and educational events, etc. An important direction of cultural and educational activities of cooperative organizations was the publishing of the cooperative press, which contributed to the involvement of the general public in the cooperative movement. It is noted that the Ukrainian cooperation has always supported educational projects of that time, which focused on the formation and improvement of professional knowledge of the Ukrainian population.

The importance of cultural and educational activities of Ukrainian cooperation in the formation of national consciousness of Ukrainians, in overcoming cooperative illiteracy, raising their economic culture, as well as in the development of professional education of economic direction were characterized.