LVIV ORGANIZATION OF TARAS SHEVCHENKO UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE SOCIETY: AT THE SOURCES OF THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT (THE END OF THE 80s – THE BEGINNING OF THE 90s OF THE 20th CENTURY)
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The purpose of the study is to clarify, based on archival sources and field material, the specifics and exceptional circumstances of Lviv organization foundation of the Taras Shevchenko Ukrainian Language Society in 1988, in particular, to trace the transformation of the constituent assembly from a closed format into a mass street protest as a reaction to the prohibitive actions of the then pro-Russian communist authorities.The methodological basis of the research is adherence to the principle of historical objectivity and impartiality in the interpretation of historical facts. In the research there have been used the methods of critical and structural analysis and classification, systematization and verification of unpublished archival sources and interviews. The application of the historical genetic method made it possible to reconstruct the cause-and-effect link between the administrative pressure of the Communist Party structures and radicalization of the patriotic Lviv community, which resulted in the mass street protests of the June days of 1988. Scientific Novelty. For the first time, events unknown to the general public related to the features of Lviv branch of the TUM official registration have been reconstructed. It has been found that the first mass Lviv rally on June 13, 1988, during which the Taras Shevchenko Ukrainian Language Society foundation was publicly announced, acquired a street and open character due to the disorganizational actions of the then communist authorities. Conclusion. The Communist Party leadership, having initially granted permission to hold the founding conference in the premises of the Lviv House of Culture “Budivelnyk”, cancelled it at the last moment, blocking the entrance for delegates. This fact forced the community to change the event format and move to the monument to Ivan Franko opposite Lviv State University spontaneously, turning the meeting into a public demonstration. This event became the point of no return for the Ukrainian national revival on the republican scale. Having become the foundation of local multi-party system, the Taras Shevchenko Ukrainian Language Society not only played a key role in the communist power overthrow in the 1990 elections, but also prepared the state consciousness of Lviv residents in advance.
Key words: the Taras Shevchenko Ukrainian Language Society, national democratic movement, “informals”, labour collectives, “rally marathon”, pro-Russian communist government.
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