Bibliographic Indexes to the History of the Ukrainian People’s National Liberation Struggle (1917 - 1921) (the Second Half of the 20th Century and the Beginning of the 21st Century)

Abstract

The paper analyzes bibliographic materials on the history of the national liberation struggle of the Ukrainian people (1917-1921) published in Ukraine, the USSR and abroad in the second half of the 20th and the beginning of the 21th century. Their structure, subjects, informational content are illuminated, the changes in the methodology of their compiling principles are analyzed, modern bibliographic indexes, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Ukrainian revolution are presented. In the second half of the 20th century bibliographic indexes on this issue were prepared only by the representatives of the Ukrainian diaspora in the West. Among them valuable works by S. Ripetskii «Bibliography of Sources on the History of Ukrainian Sich Riflemen» (New York, 1965), «The Ukrainian Republic in the Great East-European Revolution: a bibliogr. [Part 1-2.] / OS Pidhainy, OI Pidhainа (Toronto; New York, 1971-1975)» and «Symon Petlura» (Toronto, New York, 1977), an annotated bibliography Volodymyr Vynnychenko (Edmonton, 1989) et al. In the USSR, they were mentioned only in the context of criticizing the falsifications of the Great October Socialist Revolution. In the 90s of the 20th century, the key bibliographic database was significantly expanded thanks to the retrieval of documents from special library funds, the inclusion of publications of foreign authors and diaspora, as well as publication of new research works by Ukrainian scholars. Bibliographic indexes published in independent Ukraine, reflecting the events of the Ukrainian Revolution (1917-1921), national-state construction, the issue of the spiritual unity of the Ukrainian lands, Bolshevik repressions in Ukraine are included. Modern bibliographic studies of the liberation movement of the revolutionary era have not yet covered the history of all national lands and regions.

Keywords

• historical bibliography, national liberation struggle of the ukrainian people, ukrainian revolution of 1917 - 1921, bibliographic reviews, lists and indexes published in the second half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century.