Historiographical studies
The literature dealing with the historiography of Galicia as a whole is underdeveloped, and only in general studies of Ukrainian historiography can a discussion of works by Galician historians (and usually about Galicia) be found.[4] Historiographical works on specific periods in Galician history are available, however.
The best of these focus on medieval and early modern times, as in the extensive sections in several Russian and Ukrainian historiographical works that deal with the Galician-Volhynian principality[5] and in two studies by Ivan Kryp”iakevych that analyze in detail the sources available for the study of Galicia before 1772.3 Polish scholarship that appeared during the interwar period on all periods of Galician history is surveyed in four short essays.4 Soviet researchers, especially laroslav Isaievych and Mykola Koval’s’kyi, have prepared extensive analyses of the source materials and secondary literature available for the history of the brotherhoods, education, and printing in the Ukraine during the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries, and much of their discussion focuses on Galicia, in particular L’viv.5 The majority of Soviet historiographical writing, however, concentrates on more modern periods, and the aim of these works is often to debunk most non-Soviet works for their lack of a Marxist perspective and instead to emphasize the achievements of recent Soviet scholarship. Several brief studies dealing with ‘ ‘Western Ukrainian’ ’ historiography as a whole or focusing on specific periods have appeared.6 Refreshingly non-polemical, even if limited in scope, is the3 Ivan P. Kryp”iakevych, Dzherela z istorii Halychyny periodu feodalizmu (do 1772 r.): ohliad publikatsii (Kiev: AN URSR 1962); idem, “Litopysy XVI-XVIII st. v Halychyni,” in Isto- rychni dzherela ta i'kh vykorystannia, vol.
I (Kiev 1964), pp. 63-80.See also the recent discussion of published and unpublished sources on Ukrainian history with references to materials on Galicia in N.P. Koval’skii, Istochnikovedenie istorii Ukrainy XVI-pervoi poloviny XVII v., 5 pts (Dnipropetrovs’k: Dnipropetrovs’kyi derzhavnyi universytet, 1977-79), and his more specific “Istochniki po istorii Ukrainy s XVI-pervoi poloviny XVII v. vo Ivovskikh arkheograficheskikh izdaniiakh XlX-nachala XX v.,” in Analiz publikatsii Istochnikov po otechestvennoi istorii (Dnipropetrovs’k 1978), pp. 20-48.
4 Bronislaw Wlodarski, Ewa Maleczytiska, Kazimierz Lewicki, and Marjan Tyrowicz, “Prze- glad literatury do dzieidw politycznych Ziemi Czerwieriskiej,” Ziemia Czerwienska, I, 1 (L’viv 1935), pp. 106-133.
5 laroslav D. Isaievych, Dzherela z istorii ukrains'koi kul’tury doby feodalizmu XVI-XVIII st. (Kiev: NaUkova dumka 1972); Mfykola] P. Koval’s’kyi, Dzherela pro pochatkovyi etap drukarstva na Ukraini (diial’nisf pershodrukaria Ivana Fedorova v 70-kh-na pochatku 80-kh rr. XVI st.) (Dnipropetrovs’k: Dnipropetrovs’kyi derzhavnyi universytet 1972).
6 M.N. Leshchenko and L.V. Oliinyk, “Rozvytok doslidzhen’ z istorii zakhidnoukrains’kykh zemel’,” Ukralns’kyi istorychnyi zhurnal, XXIII, 9 (Kiev 1979), pp. 136-145; M.I. Marchenko, Ukrains’ka istoriohrafiia (z davnikh chasiv do seredyny XIX st.) (Kiev: Vyd-vo Kyivs’koho universytetu 1959); lu.M. Grossman, “Vysvitlennia v istoriohrafii pytannia pro eksport khliba zakhidnoukrains’kymy zemliamy v XVI-XVII st.,” Visnyk LDU: Seriia istorychna, no. 6 (L’viv 1970), pp. 72-79; N.M. Pashaeva, “Russkie uchenye i publitsisty o natsional’nom vozrozhdenii v Galitsii,” in V.I. Freidzon, ed., Razvitie kapitalizma i natsional’nye dvizheniia v slavianskikh stranakh (Moscow: Nauka 1970), pp. 310-321; V.K. Osechyns’kyi ‘‘Do pytannia istoriohrafii zakhidnoukrains’kykh zemel’ v dobu imperializtnu,” Visnyk LDU: Seriia istorychna, no. 5 (L’viv 1969), pp. 3-11; V.K. Osechinskii, “K voprosu ob istoriografii zapadnoukrainskikh zemel’ v period pervoi mirovoi imperialisticheskoi voiny,” Naukovi zapysky LDU, XVII: Seriia istorychna, 4 (L’viv 1949), pp.
23 - 40.See also the survey of Marxist writings on the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) in Lew Shankowsky, ‘‘Soviet and Satellite Sources on the Ukrainian Insurgent Army,” Annals of the valuable description by laroslav Dashkevych of sources for Galician history that are available in lexicons and other geographical reference works.[6] [7] Less constrained by dogmatic Marxist historiographical guidelines are Polish historians. Two recent surveys discuss post-1945 publications from Poland dealing with Galicia between 1772 and 1918 and with Polish - Ukrainian relations just after World War II.[8]
Several Galician-Ukrainian scholars, most of whose work dealt with their native province, have been the focus of attention. As might be expected, the largest amount of literature is on Ivan Franko, the prolific belletrist and scholar. The Soviets have virtually transformed Franko into a west Ukrainian (Galician) national institution with writings about all aspects of his career.[9] Mykhailo Moroz has compiled a comprehensive bibliography of Franko’s writings (4919 entries), which includes sections listing his scholarly works, social commentary, and published correspondence.[10] Several articles and a monograph by Mykhailo Kravets’ focus on Franko as a historian.[11]
Second to Franko in the attention received by a Galician historian is Ivan Kryp”iakevych. Both a bibliography of his writings and studies of his scholarly development have appeared, although these emphasize primarily his activity under Soviet rule, i.e. after 1945.[12] Other Galicians whose historical scholarship has been analyzed include Denys Zubryts’kyi (1777-1862),[13] Antin Petrushe- vych (1821-1913),[14] Izydor Sharanevych (1829-1901),[15] [16] luliian Tselevych (1843-1892),,6Iuliian Pelesh (1843-1896),[17]Ostap Terlets’kyi (1850-1902),[18] Kyrylo Studyns’kyi (1868-1941),[19] Volodymyr Hnatiuk (1871-1926),[20] Vasyl’ Shchurat (1871-1948),[21] luliian lavors’kyi (1873-1937),[22] Stepan Toma- shivs’kyi (1875-1930),[23] Ilarion Svientsits’kyi (1876-1956),[24] laroslav Pasternak (1892-1969),[25] and laroslav Isaievych (b. 1935).[26]Mykhailo Humeniuk has singled out the bibliographical scholarship of several Galicians, devoting particular attention to Ivan E. Levyts’kyi (1850-1913).[27]
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