Fedir Hlazunov — teacher and Latinist with a Ukrainian soul

Abstract

The article considers the origin and education of candidate of theology Fedir Hlazunov. It highlights his teaching career in various religious and medical educational institutions. A special attention is paid to his collaboration with the historian and academician Dmytro Yavornytskyi, particularly in the scientific archival commission. The article also explores Hlazunov’s friendship with church historian Vasyl Bidnov and his family, as well as with the artist Mykola Pohribniak. It includes the memoirs of Oleksandra Serafimova (daughter of the enlightener Ivan Truba) about Fedir Hlazunov and his wife, Anastasiia Harkavtseva. The article brings attention to the revival of Fedir Hlazunov, a representative of pe­dagogical science in the Dnieper region, whose Ukrainian spirit had long been unjustly forgotten.

Keywords

• fedir hlazunov (teacher of latin, ukrainian, and russian languages)
• teacher anastasiia harkavtseva
• academician dmytro yavornytskyi
• historian ivan bidnov
• enlightener oleksandra serafimova
• artist mykola pohribniak
• yekaterynoslav-dnipropetrovsk region