Open AccessSOCIO-POLITICAL ACTIVITIES OF VOLODYMYR KOKHAN IN THE HISTORIOGRAPHICAL DISCOURSE
Author(s) -
Roman Kostyshyn
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
novìtnâ doba
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2409-434X
DOI - 10.33402/nd.2018-6-177-188
Subject(s) - ukrainian , historiography , memoir , politics , political science , democracy , emigration , spanish civil war , alliance , social science , sociology , law , philosophy , linguistics
The state of research of socio-political activities of Volodymyr Kokhan by Ukrainian and Polish scholars - a well-known Ukrainian politician, ambassador (deputy) to the Polish Sejm, public figure - was analyzed. The research, mostly memoir, partially covers the following issues: V. Kokhan's participation in World War І, the establishment of the West Ukrainian People's Republic (WUNR); membership in the Ukrainian Military Organization (UMO), the Ukrainian Party of National Labor (UPNL); social activities; the 1928 election campaign and parliamentary activities; organizational activities in the National Unity Front (NUF); emigration work in Canada.A complete work devoted to the life of V. Kokhan is the article by Stepan Volynets "Volodymyr Kokhan", in the collection of articles "Peredvisnyky i tvortsi Lystopadovoho zryvu. Zakhidno-ukrainski hromadski i politychni diiachi". Little-known facts of public and political activities are covered in numerous editions: historical and memoir collections "Nadbuzhanshchyna: Sokalshchyna, Belzchyna, Radekhivshchyna, Kaminechchyna, Kholmshchyna i Pidliashshia"; the collection of works and materials "Dmytro Paliiv. Zhyttia i diialnist". In modern Ukrainian historiography, a politician's activity is partially revealed in the scientific explorations of Mykola Kuhutiak, Ihor Soliar, Mykhailo Shvahuliak, and others. In the contemporary Polish historiography highlighted the works by Ryszard Torzecki and Ryszard Tomczyk, which briefly reveal the activities of a well-known politician in the Ukrainian National Democratic Alliance (UNDA) and the Ukrainian Parliamentary Representation (UPR). It was noted that in Ukrainian and foreign historiography, the 1920s and 1930s of V. Kokhan's life are most fully analyzed: his contribution to the activities of cooperative, educational and sports public organizations of Sokal region; the evolution of political activities (from UPNL to NUF), relations with then politicians. The 1940s and 1960s of V. Kokhan's social activities remain little studied.KeywordsVolodymyr Kokhan, socio-political activities, UNDA, NUF, historiography.