Громадсько-політична діяльність М. Стахіва у дослідженнях представників українського зарубіжжя та сучасних вітчизняних істориків

Abstract

In the article the state of the contemporary domestic scientific research of the political activity of Matviy Stakhiv, one of the most active figures of the political processes in Western Ukraine in the interwar period of the ХХ century, is analyzed. As is stated by the authors, his political and scientific work is specifically interesting for scientists and public circles due to its expressive displays of the interlacing of social and national aspects of the Ukrainian [independent] movement during the outlined period.

The conclusion is made that it was only in the time of Ukraine’s independence that a possibility of an unbiased attempt of a comprehensive investigation of the state-construction struggles in 1918 – 1923 became available to historians. The Ukrainian socialist movement in the interwar Poland and the scientific activity of the post-war Ukrainian emigration, however, did not lead to the appearance of any generalizing work dedicated to M. Stakhiv.