A. Koval, Ph.D. student
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17721/1728-2640.2016.128.1.06
THE YEARS OF ADOLESCENCE AND FORMATION OF PERSONALITY OF VASYL KUK – THE LAST CHIEF OF THE UKRAINIAN INSURGENT ARMY (1913 – 1934)
The article investigates the life and activity of the last Ukrainian Insurgent Army Chief – Vasyl Kuk during the formation of his personality. The main attention is focused on the study of the first stages of his life: childhood, youth and education in Zolochiv high school and university in Lublin, his joining to the Ukrainian liberation movement and its participation in the first action against the Polish authorities on Ukrainian territory. The article analyzes the historiography of the subject and the state of the source base. Separately study focuses on Vasyl Kuk`s family. Is traced family roots, social and national origin of parents; described their world view and personal qualities that they have given to their children. Investigated the fate of some close relatives that could play a role in the further development of the individual. The author analyzes the formation of his views, personal ideological and political visions in specific historical circumstances and periods. In general, the article studied the major milestones and aspects of the formation and development of personality Vasyl Kuk in his teenage years.
Keywords: Vasyl Kuk, family, parents, the high school in Zolochiv, the OUN (Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists), and UIA (Ukrainian Insurgent Army), Chief of UIA, the Ukrainian Scout Organization "Plast".
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