The Organization and Development of Shevchenko Studies in the All-Ukrainian Academy of Sciences (1921–1934)
The Organization and Development of Shevchenko Studies in the All-Ukrainian Academy of Sciences (1921–1934)

Summary/Abstract: The becoming of academic Shevchenko studies began in the 1920s, after the formation of the All-Ukrainian Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (hereinafter – VUAN) – the centre that united the scientific forces of Ukrainians. This paper covers the organization of research work of Shevchenko scholars in various societies and committees of the Academy. First of all, Shevchenko’s works were the subject of research by the Historical and Literary Society [Історично-літературне товариство; 1922–1928] in Kyiv as well as scientific societies of Odesa, Poltava, and St. Petersburg, which cooperated with the Ukrainian Academy. The achievement of the Historical and Literary Society was the publication of the two-volume Poetry [Поезія] book by Shevchenko in 1927. In total, the two volumes contain 246 poems.

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