DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITY OF JAN TOKARZEWSKI-KARASZEWICZ IN EUROPE (1918 – 1923)

Authors

  • Volodymyr BAIDYCH PhD (History), Associate Professor, Director of the State Archives of Khmelnitskyi Region,
  • Inna YASHCHUK PhD hab. (Education), Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Elementary Education and Philology of Khmelnytskyi the Humanities and Pedagogical Academy,

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24919/2519-058x.0.184414

Keywords:

J. Tokarzewski-Karaszewicz, Chabanivka village, Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Podillya, Ukrainian statehood, diplomacy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Abstract

The methodology of the research: the complex of special and general scientific methods (the systematization of scientific and periodical literature, archival documents; a comparative analysis; the historical genetic, historical comparative, problem-chronological, ideographic methods) has been used. The scientific novelty: the life and a diplomatic activity of Jan Tokarzewski-Karaszewicz in Vienna, Constantinople, the Vatican and Tarnow have been elucidated. The attention has been paid to the issues solved by the diplomat during 1918 – 1923. From the very beginning, it was the assistance, given to the Ukrainian Embassy as an advisor on the issue of the Brest Peace ratification. It was Austria-Hungary that was reluctant to fulfill its promises. The case of supporting the Catholic Church in Ukraine and appointing a papal representative also remained unresolved. The meeting of J. Tokarzewski-Karaszewicz and Pope Benedict XV on this issue is little known.On the basis of the of innovation principle, the recognition process of the autocephaly canonicality of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church by the Ecumenical Patriarch has been rethought. It has been found out that Constantinople and Tarnow held the position of «avoidance from Russia».

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