Open AccessСartographic heritage of Volodymyr Kubiiovych (the case of the Historical Atlas of Ukraine)
Author(s) -
Ivan Savchuk
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
enciklopedičnij vìsnik ukraïni
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2707-000X
pISSN - 2706-9990
DOI - 10.37068/evu.12.1
Subject(s) - geographer , atlas (anatomy) , german , politics , nothing , history , cartography , political science , geography , archaeology , law , philosophy , epistemology , geology , paleontology
The article is devoted to the created in 1941 German-language cartographic work on Ukraine (“Handschrift-Karten zur Geschichte, Volkstumskunde und Wirtschaft der Ukraine”), known as the Historical Atlas of Ukraine. It is believed that its author is a famous geographer, encyclopedist Volodymyr Kubiiovych. However, there is reason to assume that V. Kubiiovych has nothing to do with the compilation of this atlas, as he does not cite this work in his bibliography. In this study, we suggest that the Historical Atlas of Ukraine was created not for scientific and educational purposes, but because of political inquiries. Probably, V. Kubiyovych was involved in its preparation in connection with the socio-political conditions in which the scholar found himself.