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Oleksander Barvinsky
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Barvinsky, Oleksander [Barvins'kyj], b 8 June 1847 in Shliakhtyntsi, Ternopil
county, Galicia, d 25 December 1926 in Lviv. Noted pedagogue, historian, and civic
and political leader. He began to work in civic organizations, especially in the
Lviv Hromada (see Hromadas), as a young man. He became a secondary school teacher
at the gymnasium in Berezhany in 1868 and later in Ternopil. From 1888 he taught
at the Lviv teachers' seminary. From 1891 to 1907 he served as a deputy to the
parliament in Vienna and to the Galician diet (1894–1904) (see Diet, provincial).
From 1893 to 1918 he was a member of the Galician School Council. In 1917 he became
a member of the Austrian upper chamber. From 1867 he was a contributor to the
journal Pravda. . Under the influence of Panteleimon Kulish, Barvinsky prepared
a series of textbooks for Ukrainian schools, including Vyimky z ukrains’ko-Rus’koi
literatury (Excerpts from Ukrainian-Ruthenian Literature) and Istoriia ukrains’koi
literatury (A History of Ukrainian Literature, I–II, 1920–1). He wrote numerous
articles on pedagogy, which were published in Dilo, Shkol’na chasopys’, and Hazeta
shkol’na. As a member of the Provincial School Council he defended Ukrainian interests
in the school system. The introduction of phonetic orthography in the schools
and the use of the term Ukrainian-Ruthenian in textbooks were largely the result
of his effort. Barvinsky began to publish the series Rus’ka istorychna biblioteka
(The Ruthenian Historical Library) in 1886.
Barvinsky was an active member of several organizations: Ruska Besida in Galicia,
Prosvita society (vice-president, 1889–95), the Ukrainian Pedagogical Society
(president, 1891–6). With his participation the Shevchenko Society was reorganized
as the Shevchenko Scientific Society, of which he was a full member from 1899.
Although strongly opposed to Russophilism (see Russophiles), Barvinsky maintained
close ties with Dnieper Ukraine (through trips to Kyiv) and Bukovyna. He informed
foreigners (Czechs, Serbs, Germans in Austria) about the Ukrainian movement.
As a political leader he supported the so-called New Era policy in 1890, which
was intended to bring about an understanding between the Poles and Ukrainians
in Galicia and to create the conditions for their political-social and cultural-economic
development. The policy was unsuccessful, however. Barvinsky stood firmly by
his position. He founded the Christian Social party (see Christian Social Movement),
which he led and whose daily Ruslan he edited (1897–1914). In 1918 Barvinsky
was secretary of education and religious affairs in the First State Secretariat
of the Western Ukrainian National Republic. After the Poles captured Lviv, Barvinsky
retired from political life. His memoirs were published in two volumes in 1912–13.
Source: http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com |
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