Diplomatic, Pedagogical and Scientific Activities of Stepan Smal-Stotsky in Czechoslovakia in 1918-1938
Vol.13,No.2(2021)
The article analyzes the activities of famous Ukrainian scientist and public figure Stepan Smal-Stotsky during his emigration to Czechoslovakia in 1918-1938. It is noted that now S.Smal-Stotsky had become a diplomat for the first time as the ambassador of the Western Ukraine People's Republic in Prague. In cooperation with the Ukraine People's Republic (UPR) embassy, he managed to implement a number of events to promote Ukrainian aspirations. From 1921 to 1937, S. Smal-Stotsky taught the Ukrainian Language and Literature at the Ukrainian Free University in Prague. There had been a lot of success in this field, he managed to educate an entire galaxy of eminent scientists in linguistics. The article notes that S. Smal-Stotsky was more concerned in scientific terms with the issues of the origin of the Ukrainian language, literary studies of the works of Taras Shevchenko at that time. He initiated a number of discussions on the issues of Ukrainian spelling, the ancient period of Ukrainian history. S. Smal-Stotsky out a great deal of organizational and social work at that time. He initiated two Ukrainian research and scientific congresses in Prague and headed the Museum of the Liberation Struggle of Ukraine.
Smal-Stotsky, Czechoslovakia, Western Ukraine People's Republic, Ukrainian emigration, Ukrainian Free University.
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