Cultural Processes in the Ukrainian Ssr in Mykhaylo Demkovych-dobriansky’s Publications (1950s–1980s)

2018;
: pp. 1 - 6
https://doi.org/10.23939/hcs2018.05.001
Received: October 02, 2018
Revised: April 18, 2018
Accepted: October 21, 2018
Authors:
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Vasyl Stefanyk Lviv National Scientific Library of Ukraine Visiting researcher at the University of Minnesota (USA)

Presented paper is based on the Mykhaylo Demkovych-Dobriansky personal archive and it deals with his articles and radio programs devoted to cultural situation in the Soviet Ukraine (1950s–1980s). It focuses on his biography and intellectual heritage. M. Demkovych-Dobriansky was an author of hundreds radio programs on Radio Liberty and dozens of publications in different Ukrainian diaspora periodicals. His writings were dedicated to: Ukrainian-Russian relations (especially huge influence of Ukrainian scholars on Russian history), problems of Ukrainian culture in the Soviet Union (russification, lack of dictionaries and audio types with Ukrainian songs etc.), role of Ukrainian dissidents in the USSR (series of programs devoted to V. Chornovil, I. Dziuba etc.) etc.

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