Myron Korduba and "Notes of the Shevchenko scientific society": cooperation features

Abstract

The purpose of the research is to make an attempt regarding a complete reconstruction of the cooperation between the renowned Ukrainian historian Myron Korduba (1876 – 1947) and the scientific journal “Notes of the Shevchenko Scientific Society”. The methodology of the research is based on the combination of principles traditional for the historiographic studies (historicism, objectivity, holism and systematicity, as well as a value approach to the object of study) and general scientific (comparison, generalization, analysis and synthesis) and special historical (historical genetic, historical comparative, historical typological and historical psychological) methods of studies. The scientific novelty of the research: on the basis of a wide range of sources (studies, reviews, chronicle materials) to reproduce the features of M. Korduba’s cooperation with “Notes of the Shevchenko Scientific Society”. Conclusions. The conducted research proved that M. Korduba developed as a researcher and reviewer in a real creative laboratory “Notes of the Shevchenko Scientific Society”. The scholar developed a critical style of historical thinking, mastered modern practices of source research, and mastered the theoretical and methodological tools of the time due to professional advice given by Mykhailo Hrushevskyi, a teacher and editor-in-chief of the journal as well as his own hard work and determination. Thus, a talented public intellectual emerged, who affirmed M. Hrushevsky’s historiographical model consistently, substantiating his research with the maxims of the cultural uniqueness and territorial integrity of the Ukrainian people. Hence, he became one of the most popular authors of “Notes of the Shevchenko Scientific Society”, as evidenced by the favourable professional reception and mass reprinting of many articles in the form of brochures. In general, the multi-genre posts of M. Korduba on the pages of “Notes of the Shevchenko Scientific Society” are an important part of the magazine’s intellectual heritage, which in many cases continues to be relevant. It is an important task of modern historiography to take this legacy into account.