THE VOLYNIANS' EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE UKRAINIAN CENTRAL COUNCIL PERIOD (THROUGH THE PRIZM OF VOLYN REGIONAL ARCHIVE MATERIALS)

Abstract

The purpose of the research is to find out to which extent the funds of the State Archive of Volyn region is filled with documents and materials that illustrate the everyday life of Volynians in the days of the Ukrainian Central Council (Ukrainska Tsentralna Rada). The research methodology is based on the complex application of general scientific method, special and historical method, special source studying methods. The basis of the research is formed with the principles of historical cognition, in particular, objectivity, systematic analysis, scientific character, historicism, etc. The scientific novelty consists in the fact that, for the first time in the Ukrainian historiography, on the basis of the analysis of the documentary funds of the State Archive of Volyn region, the author grouped and published documents illustrating Volyn region citizens’ everyday life in the period of the Ukrainian Central Council. In particular, the research covers the following several aspect of the Volynians’ everyday life: the Refugee Movement in Volyn territory, the Peasant Protesting Movement, and the Russian army soldiers’ relations with the local peasants. The Conclusions. Having analysed Volyn region State Archive materials, the confirmation was found concerning the fact that a certain array of the Ukrainian Central Council documents have been accumulated there. The frontline status of Volyn region determined the peculiarities of the everyday life of the inhabitants of the area, in 1917 – 1918, in the conditions of permanent military operations, presence of a large number of soldiers who gradually left the front and returned home, the Refugee Movement, etc. SAVR funds revealed the documents that illustrate the attempts, which were made in order to resolve the land issue, characterize the Refugee Movement and the Peasant Protest Movement in the territory of Volyn, and explain the military’s relationship with the locals.

Key words: Ukrainian revolution, Volyn region (Volynska huberniya), Volyn, peasants, army, everyday life.