PUBLIC AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES OF UKRAINIAN NOTARIES IN GALICIA (THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY – 1939)
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The purpose of the study is to elucidate the public work and cultural activities of the Ukrainian lawyers-notaries, their place in the public life of the Galician lands during the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Polish state of the interwar period. The focus is drawn to undeservedly forgotten figures who, despite the professional ban on participation in public affairs, made efforts for the national development of the Ukrainian people. The research methodology is determined by the application of historicism and objectivity principles. In the research there have been used specific historical, historical comparative, biographical, and behavioral methods. The scientific novelty of the article consists in the need to fill the research gap regarding the place of Ukrainian notaries in the public life of the Ukrainians, to highlight and specify the participation of representatives of this legal profession in the public and cultural life of Galicia during the period under analysis, and to elucidate the reflection of their worldview in various forms of activity. Conclusions. Thus, the process t of the Ukrainian notary public development was correlated in time with the process of the rise of the Ukrainian social movement in Galicia and the struggle for the national and political rights of the Ukrainian people. Therefore, the Ukrainian notaries were part of this movement, joining the activities of public societies, supporting the efforts of educational and cultural development of the oppressed people in their spare time. The work of the Ukrainian lawyers in the development of the notarial work under the conditions of the Austro-Hungarian and Polish states was determined by the existing bans for civil servants on the public manifestation of political and social views. But despite such restrictions, some notaries joined the active public life of Ukrainian societies at the workplace, demonstrating their commitment and support for the national development in various ways and forms. Such lawyers included notaries of different generations K. Telishevsky, I. Rudnytsky, V. Lushpynsky, L. Huzar, I. Hrabovensky, R. Zayachkivsky, etc. Carrying out their professional work, they expanded the field of use of the Ukrainian language in official records, supported or even headed educational societies, and made financial donations to public causes. Among the notaries, two bright literary figures stood out: V. Levytsky-Lukych and M. Mochulsky. For them, literary creativity, journalism, editorial and publishing activities became an integral part of their life path, a way of their own self-expression, which complemented the main legal work. These creative individuals reflected not only the contemporary reality in their works, but also demonstrated high examples of various genres of literary creativity.
Key words: Galicia, public activity, literary, notary, lawyer, “Prosvita”.
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