ANALYSIS OF THE COURSES OF UKRAINIAN STUDIES, LAW, ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE AT THE UKRAINIAN ACADEMY OF ECONOMICS IN PODEBRADY, WHICH WERE STUDIED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE UKRAINIAN STUDENT SOCIETIES IN EASTERN GALICIA DURING THE INTERWAR PERIOD (1918–1939) IN EXILE

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17721/1728-2640.2024.158.3

Abstract

Background. Members of Ukrainian student societies in Eastern Galicia during the interwar period (1918-1939) played an outstanding role in the state-building and cultural processes in the western Ukrainian lands. However, due to political, socio-economic, and limited opportunities to receive education in their native language, a number of students were forced to emigrate. While abroad, the students often tried to continue their education, and one of the educational institutions in which the emigrated students from Eastern Galicia studied was the Ukrainian Academy of Economics in Podebrady.

Methods. Analyzing the complexes of Ukrainian studies, law, economics and political science, we took into account not only the educational goals and characteristics of the courses, but also the challenges of the given period, followed the principles of objectivity, historicism and a social approach. A number of methods were also used, including general scientific methods (analysis, classification), interdisciplinary methods, and historical methods (comparative and historical).

Results. The article analyzes the Ukrainian, economic, legal, and political science disciplines studied by members of Ukrainian student societies in Eastern Galicia during the interwar period (1918–1939) in exile, in particular at the Ukrainian Economic Academy in Podebrady In particular, the quantitative composition of students from Eastern Galicia who completed their studies at the Academy and the peculiarities of the teaching staff of these courses were studied.  The purpose of mastering the analyzed areas of academic disciplines, as well as their influence on the formation of the future Ukrainian intelligentsia, is highlighted. The seminars that complemented the training courses are highlighted, as well as the publishing activities of the Academy to ensure the successful study of the specified courses of academic disciplines with textbooks.

Conclusion. The generalized analysis of Ukrainian studies, economic, legal, and political science courses at the Ukrainian Academy of Economic Sciences emphasizes their focus on training highly qualified workers, as well as worthy successors to the Ukrainian intelligentsia of the time and builders of their own state, and highlights the desire of Ukrainian student societies in Eastern Galicia during the interwar period (1918-1939) to actively participate in the national and cultural life of the Ukrainian people, even in emigration.