The building located on Velyka Pidvalna street, 6. The second floor of this building served as an editorial office of the first daily newspaper of Ukrainian Naddnipryanschyna region — the 'Rada' newspaper which was published in the 1906—1914 timeframe. Basically, all the famous Ukrainian writers, literary critics, poets and publicists worked at 'Rada' newspaper. People who are fond of poetry might be interested to know that nearly 5,000 poets wrote for this newspaper at the times of its existence. In view of the total number of published stories and feuilletons, it is safe to say that the collection of 'Rada' newspaper issues can be regarded as an encyclopedia of Ukrainian life starting from the early 20th century onwards. Dozens of different newspapers were published in Kyiv of that time, but none of them were Ukrainian newspapers. Our current vision of the history of Kyiv probably proceeds from the premise that Ukrainian press has always existed in Kyiv since it is the capital of Ukraine.
As a matter of fact, our outstanding literary critic Serhiy Yefremov was the only person who worked on a salary basis. He is universally known as the author of 'The History of Ukrainian Literature' — this was the first ever academic history of Ukrainian literature (the first edition was published in 1911, in 2 volumes). He developed the canons of history of Ukrainian literature. He worked in the building which stands right behind us, on Velyka Pidvalna street, 6, and wrote 2-3 articles per day. In other words, he was an extremely productive writer. As of today, it is still unknown how many publications did he have. Some experts estimate that Yefremov had 6,000 publications, while others reckon that he had as many as 10,000 publications. This person was a diligent worker, but his collected papers have still not been found. He was the founder of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences and the 'Conscience of Ukrainian Nation' up until 1929 (the trial of the Society for Liberation of Ukraine), but we still don’t know what articles did he write and how many articles did he write... His bibliography remains incomplete until now. By the way, Yefremov became an academician without having a candidate’s or doctoral dissertation. In fact, he became an academician in reward for his previous works. He was the leading publicist of 'Rada' newspaper, while the board of chief editors of this newspaper included a trio of famous Ukrainian figures. The first chief editor’s name was Fedir Matushevsky. He studied with Yefremov at Kyiv Theological Seminary, which means that they were basically friends since adolescence. Matushevsky was born in Cherkasy region which formed part of Kyiv Governorate at that time. He came from a priestly family. The second chief editor’s name was Methodius Pavlovsky, and he was also a seminarian. The third chief editor’s name was Andriy Nykovsky. He was born in Odesa, and he was the son of a quarryman. He became a well-known literary critic and a writer of literary works and noteworthy socio-political essays. During the Ukrainian Revolution, he held office as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the times of Directory of the Ukrainian People’s Republic. Such were the chief editors of this periodical at that time. Their editorial office was also visited by Mykhailo Hrushevsky. Dmytro Doroshenko was the secretary of the editorial board of “Rada” newspaper. Symon Petliura also worked here as a secretary of the editorial board for a short period of time. All these famous people used to enter this house in the past. If we take a walk along the street, we will see that there is no memorial plate on this building. In principle, anyone can learn about these facts nowadays, but certainly not with the help of visual information placed on the building facades.
The building located on Velyka Pidvalna street, 6. The second floor of this building served as an editorial office of the first daily newspaper of Ukrainian Naddnipryanschyna region — the 'Rada' newspaper which was published in the 1906—1914 timeframe. Basically, all the famous Ukrainian writers, literary critics, poets and publicists worked at 'Rada' newspaper. People who are fond of poetry might be interested to know that nearly 5,000 poets wrote for this newspaper at the times of its existence. In view of the total number of published stories and feuilletons, it is safe to say that the collection of 'Rada' newspaper issues can be regarded as an encyclopedia of Ukrainian life starting from the early 20th century onwards. Dozens of different newspapers were published in Kyiv of that time, but none of them were Ukrainian newspapers. Our current vision of the history of Kyiv probably proceeds from the premise that Ukrainian press has always existed in Kyiv since it is the capital of Ukraine.
As a matter of fact, our outstanding literary critic Serhiy Yefremov was the only person who worked on a salary basis. He is universally known as the author of 'The History of Ukrainian Literature' — this was the first ever academic history of Ukrainian literature (the first edition was published in 1911, in 2 volumes). He developed the canons of history of Ukrainian literature. He worked in the building which stands right behind us, on Velyka Pidvalna street, 6, and wrote 2-3 articles per day. In other words, he was an extremely productive writer. As of today, it is still unknown how many publications did he have. Some experts estimate that Yefremov had 6,000 publications, while others reckon that he had as many as 10,000 publications. This person was a diligent worker, but his collected papers have still not been found. He was the founder of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences and the 'Conscience of Ukrainian Nation' up until 1929 (the trial of the Society for Liberation of Ukraine), but we still don’t know what articles did he write and how many articles did he write... His bibliography remains incomplete until now. By the way, Yefremov became an academician without having a candidate’s or doctoral dissertation. In fact, he became an academician in reward for his previous works. He was the leading publicist of 'Rada' newspaper, while the board of chief editors of this newspaper included a trio of famous Ukrainian figures. The first chief editor’s name was Fedir Matushevsky. He studied with Yefremov at Kyiv Theological Seminary, which means that they were basically friends since adolescence. Matushevsky was born in Cherkasy region which formed part of Kyiv Governorate at that time. He came from a priestly family. The second chief editor’s name was Methodius Pavlovsky, and he was also a seminarian. The third chief editor’s name was Andriy Nykovsky. He was born in Odesa, and he was the son of a quarryman. He became a well-known literary critic and a writer of literary works and noteworthy socio-political essays. During the Ukrainian Revolution, he held office as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the times of Directory of the Ukrainian People’s Republic. Such were the chief editors of this periodical at that time. Their editorial office was also visited by Mykhailo Hrushevsky. Dmytro Doroshenko was the secretary of the editorial board of “Rada” newspaper. Symon Petliura also worked here as a secretary of the editorial board for a short period of time. All these famous people used to enter this house in the past. If we take a walk along the street, we will see that there is no memorial plate on this building. In principle, anyone can learn about these facts nowadays, but certainly not with the help of visual information placed on the building facades.
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