This book shows how history has been constructed, used, and misused in order to justify the existence of imperial and modern national projects, and how those projects have influenced the interpretation of history in russia and ukraine. In this book, serhii plokhy,1 the mykhailo hrushevsky professor of ukrainian history at harvard. Mykhailo hrushevsky when one thinks of great ukrainians a few names come to mind and right at the top of that list is mykhailo hrushevsky. In a briefautobiographyhrushevsky relates that by the eighteenth century his family was settled in the chyhyryn district of the kiev region in central ukraine his father, serhii fedorovych hrushevsky 18331901, had gained renown as a scholar of slavistics and was the author of an official textbook of church slavonic that came to be widely used throughout the russian empire.
Written by ukraines greatest historian, mykhailo hrushevsky, the tenvolume history remains unsurpassed in its use of sources and literature. Hrushevsky also did considerable work in the history of literature. Appointed professor of history at lviv university in 1894, he became a leading figure in the shevchenko scientific society and in the scholarly and cultural. Prymak and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Volume 8 of mykhailo hrushevskys history of ukraine rus. We have new and used copies available, in 1 editions. Mykhailo hrushevsky and the writing of ukrainian history book online at best prices in india on. Mykhailo hrushevsky and the writing of ukrainian history. History of ukraine by michael hrushevsky and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. After the 1917 revolution, this view was discredited by many leading scholars, politicians, and cultural figures, but none were more intimately involved in the dismantling of the old imperial identity and its historical narrative than the eminent ukrainian historian mykhailo hrushevsky 18661934. The history of ukrainerus is the most comprehensive account of the ancient, medieval, and early modern history of the ukrainian people. Levin professor of history at yale university and a permanent fellow at the institute for human sciences in vienna.
He was the countrys greatest modern historian, foremost organizer of scholarship, leader of the prerevolution ukrainian national movement, head of the central rada, and a leading cultural figure in ukrainian ssr in the 1920s. The ninth volume of mykhailo hrushevsky s history of ukrainerus is by far the longest in the tenvolume series. Written in the late 1920s, after hrushevsky had returned to ukraine from exile, the volume is based mainly on a wealth of documents gathered by hrushevsky and his. Mykhailo hrushevsky and the writing of ukrainian history by serhii plokhy online at alibris. The english edition of hrushevsky s tenvolume history in twelve books is being prepared by the peter jacyk centre for ukrainian historical research at the canadian institute. Mykhailo hrushevsky 18661934 was born in kislovodsk, north caucasus krai, rsfsr. Mykhailo hrushevsky and the history of ukrainianpolish relations thursday, november 30, 2017, 7. Pdf mykhailo hrushevsky, history of ukrainerus vol. Lecture and book launch scholarship in the service of the nation.
He was the countrys greatest modern historian, foremost organizer of scholarship, leader of the prerevolution ukrainian national movement, head of the central rada, and a leading cultural figure in ukrainian ssr. Unmaking imperial russia mykhailo hrushevsky and the writing of. Mykhailo hrushevsky has 38 books on goodreads with 194 ratings. He was an author, publicist, political and civic leader, and the most prominent ukrainian historian. When a history professors face graces a countrys banknotes, when monuments to him are erected in major cities, and when a parliament and cabinet of ministers are both located on a street named after him, this persons historical works deserve serious consideration. A new volume of hrushevskys history of ukrainerus in. At first this entailed short digressions in istoriia ukrainyrusy. Mykhailo hrushevsky, the politics of national culture university of toronto ukrainian studies, vol 3 by thomas m. Prymak and a great selection of related books, art. The script is informative, the writing style is easy to read and comprehend, and the volume is enhanced with maps to visually present the information.
Professor hrushevskys, a history of ukraine, is written in an enthralling style, which renders it difficult to put down. Injecting appropriate nuance and complexity into a singlevolume overview of 2,000 years of ukrainian history is no small task, but plokhy the last empire, the mykhailo hrushevsky professor of. Mykhailo serhiyovych hrushevsky was a ukrainian academician, politician, historian, and. A major contribution to the field of ukrainian history, this book will become a. The two books of volume 9 contain the master historian s study of the khmelnytsky era from the height of cossackdom s political and military successes in early 1650 to the death of the founder of the cossack hetmanate, bohdan khmelnytsky, in 1657. On 24 october 2019, the launch of the english translation of volume 5 of mykhailo hrushevsky s monumental history of ukrainerus took place in toronto at the elegant old mill toronto.
Serhii plokhys unmaking imperial russia examines hrushevsky s construction of a new historical paradigm that brought about the nationalization of the ukrainian past and established ukrainian history as a separate field of study. A history of ukraine english and ukrainian edition. The peter jacyk centre for ukrainian historical research. Mykhailo hrushevsky 18661934 was ukraines greatest historian. Mykhailo hrushevsky and the writing of ukrainian history 2005. If the authors of the eleventh edition claimed that. Serhii plokhy from the eighteenth century until its collapse in 1917, imperial russia as distinct from muscovite russia before it and soviet russia after it. Mykhailo serhiyovych hrushevsky was a ukrainian academician, politician, historian, and statesman, one of the most important figures of the ukrainian national revival of the early 20th century. Unmaking imperial russia mykhailo hrushevsky and the. Canadian institute of ukrainian studies press, 1997. Volume four of mykhailo hrushevsky s history of ukrainerus and polishukrainian relations the. In a briefautobiographyhrushevsky relates that by the eighteenth century his family was settled in the chyhyryn district of the kiev region in central ukraine.
The book, entitled the cossack age, 16261650, is the third volume of hrushevsky s history to be issued by the jacyk centres hrushevsky translation project and the. Serhii spent most of his life, however, as a schoolteacher and administrator in some of the. The kind of man that hrushevsky was, is a the kind of man. Media in category mykhailo hrushevsky the following 20 files are in this category, out of 20 total. From the eighteenth century till its cave in in 1917, imperial russia as exact from muscovite russia sooner than it and soviet russia after it formally held that the russian kingdom consisted of 3 branches. Mychajlo serhijowytsch hruschewskyj ukrainisch, wiss. Discusses questions which are fundamental to the formation of modern russian and ukrainian historical identity. His academic career began at kyiv university, where in 1890 he graduated from the department of history and philology. F or it is well known, said the ukrainian hetman mazepa, that formerly we were what the muscovites are now. Written by ukraines greatest modern historian, mykhailo hrushevsky, the history remains unsurpassed in its use of sources and literature, even though its last volume was written in the 1930s. Hrushevsky project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library.
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