Synopsis of Thesis by Serhiy Hirik
The thesis focuses on the sources for research on the Borotbism, i.e. the ideology of the Borotbi... more The thesis focuses on the sources for research on the Borotbism, i.e. the ideology of the Borotbists’ party. This political force was one of the most influential leftist movements operating in Ukraine during the revolutionary period of 1917–1921, especially in 1918–1920. This topic is extremely poorly studied in both Ukrainian and Western historiography.
Our study is based on the archival collections and published documents of the UCP(B), the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Ukraine, The Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks), and other political forces. Also it appeals to the government documentation, memoirs of political figures, and other historical sources. Author studies the sources for research on the ideological principles of the Ukrainian Party of Socialists-Revolutionaries (Communists)/ the Ukrainian Communist Party (Borotbists) and defines the vectors of an evolution of its leaders’ views on the key questions of the internal and foreign policy of the Soviet Ukraine during 1918–1920.
On the basis of the documents of the Communist International (the Comintern) author traces the history of the UCP(B)’s attempts to be admitted into this organization and defines the causes of their failure. Using the propagandist materials such as leaflets and media author investigates the specificity of the representation of the Borotbists’ ideology (Borotbism) by the party functionaries and political writers.
This party was created after the Ukrainian Party of Socialists Revolutionaries split in May 1918 during its Fourth Congress. Its left wing (also known as “Borotbists” by the name of the newspaper “Borot’ba” (“The Struggle”) issued by its leaders) gained control over the party’s Central Committee and began to call for cooperation with Bolsheviks. The name of the Party was changed into “Ukrainian Party of Socialists-Revolutionaries (Communists) in March 1919. On August 6, 1919 it had unified with the left wing of the Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party (Independentists). The new party was given the name “Ukrainian Communist Party (Borotbists)” (UCP(B)). It made an effort to join the Comintern, but its application was rejected. The Comintern had recommended to the UCP(B) to liquidate the party. The leaders of Borotbists were forced to decide to merge with the Bolsheviks.
The ideology of the Borotbists’ party initially was rooted in the old “narodnik” tradition and was impacted by the Marxism afterward. The Borotbists’ leaders paid great attention to the peasant question that was especially acute on the Ukrainian territories of the former Russian Empire. Borotbists called for the socialization of the agrarian property then. This position was modified later under the influence of the Bolsheviks. Besides that, among the main items of their unofficial program were the creation of a separate Ukrainian Red Army (closely allied with the Russian one), the protection of the Ukrainian language through cultural and educational policy, and the creation of the World Federation of Soviet Republics on the principles of equal rights of its members.
Books by Serhiy Hirik
У брошурі розглянуто особливості меморіалізації постаті Рози Люксембург у Радянській Україні, іст... more У брошурі розглянуто особливості меморіалізації постаті Рози Люксембург у Радянській Україні, історію видання її перекладів в УСРР/УРСР та специфіку (не)засвоєння теоретичного спадку діячки місцевими економістами. Автор звертає увагу на маловідомі територіально українські публікації наукових і публіцистичних текстів Рози Люксембург, дослідження українських науковців, які використовували її напрацювання, а також присвячені їй агітаційні брошури.
Тематичний реєстр гасел підготовлено з метою систематизації, категооризації та узагальнення інфор... more Тематичний реєстр гасел підготовлено з метою систематизації, категооризації та узагальнення інформативного матеріалу з напряму «Філологічні науки» (мовознавство). Видання містить перелік термінів із цього напряму, які планується включити до універсального довідкового видання «Велика українська енциклопедія».
Євреї України: Революція й післяреволюційна модернізація. Політика. Культура. Суспільство: Збірка статей / За ред. С. Гіріка. Київ: Laurus, 2018
The book contains selected articles based on the lectures given by the participants of the confer... more The book contains selected articles based on the lectures given by the participants of the conference “Ukrainian Jews: Revolution and Post-Revolutionary Modernization: Policy. Culture. Society” (Kyiv, Ukraine, October 15–16, 2017), organized by the Ukrainian Association for Jewish Studies. These texts deal with various topics related to the history of Ukrainian Jews in 1917–1920s, such as the history of Jewish political parties, educational institutions, antisemitism, pogroms, the establishment of Jewish collective farms (kolkhozy) in Crimea, history of Jewish art and literature, etc.
Тематичний реєстр гасел підготовлено з метою систематизації, категоризації та узагальнення інформ... more Тематичний реєстр гасел підготовлено з метою систематизації, категоризації та узагальнення інформативного матеріалу з напряму «Історичні науки». Видання містить перелік термінів окремого напряму, включених до загального універсального видання «Велика українська енциклопедія».
Наукове видання орієнтоване на викладачів, аспірантів, студентів соціогуманітарного профілю, науковців, видавців, усіх, хто цікавиться енциклопедистикою та процесом укладання енциклопедій.
Papers by Serhiy Hirik
Політичні та історичні аспекти розвитку єврейських громад України і країн діаспори в контексті сучасних викликів, 2024
The author examines the history of the emergence and spread of the BDS movement in the United Sta... more The author examines the history of the emergence and spread of the BDS movement in the United States and other countries, as well as the thematic range of its propaganda materials.
Дніпровський книжник, 2024
The author describes the history of some periodicals of the 1960s from his collection. The main f... more The author describes the history of some periodicals of the 1960s from his collection. The main focus is on literary magazines related to the Beat Generation and the New York School of Poets: 'Two Cities', 'Big Table', 'Evergreen Review', and 'Locus Solus'. Each of them presented readers with its own view of the counterculture in the US and other countries, becoming integral part of the 1960s history.
Гірік С. Проєкт енциклопедії «Українська мова» (1988) і його втілення: змістові й формальні зміни // Енциклопедистика: ґенеза в часі та просторі (до 30-річчя проголошення незалежності України: колективна монографія / за заг. ред. А. М. Киридон. Київ: ДНУ «Енц. вид-во», 2021. С. 261–266.
Гірік С. «Історія українського мистецтва» (за ред. М. П. Бажана) як енциклопедичний проєкт // Енциклопедистика: ґенеза в часі та просторі (до 30-річчя проголошення незалежності України: колективна монографія / за заг. ред. А. М. Киридон. Київ: ДНУ «Енц. вид-во», 2021. С. 228–233.
The author traces the history of the creation and publication of "The History of Ukrainian Art" i... more The author traces the history of the creation and publication of "The History of Ukrainian Art" in 6 vols. (ed. by Mykola Bazhan, 1966–1970) as a part of activity of "The Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia" publishing house. He also focuses on "The Program on the History of Ukrainian Art" (ed, by Volodymyr Zabolotnyi,1956) that was the basis of this publishing project.
Киридон, А. М., ред. Енциклопедичні проекти – чинники національного поступу (Київ: Державна наукова установа «Енциклопедичне видавництво», 2020), 85–93.
У розділі проаналізовано зміни змістового й формального характеру, внесені до проекту «Шевченкісь... more У розділі проаналізовано зміни змістового й формального характеру, внесені до проекту «Шевченкіської енциклопедії» 1971 року під час підготовки до друку створеного на його основі «Шевченківського словника» (1976–1978)
Holocaust Studies: A Ukrainian Focus (Digest). — Dnipro: Tkuma. — P. 13–23., 2019
The article reviews the images of the Holocaust and analyzes different attempts to deny and/or ju... more The article reviews the images of the Holocaust and analyzes different attempts to deny and/or justify it in the Ukrainian and Russian anti-Semitic public discourse, especially in the mass culture. The author makes an attempt to categorize such materials on the basis of their target audience.
А.М. Киридон, ред. Традиції та сучасні концепти енциклопедичної справи в Україні. — К.: Державна наукова установа «Енциклопедичне видавництво», 2018
Автор досліджує специфіку добору гасел і висвітлення єврейської тематики в матеріалах "Українсько... more Автор досліджує специфіку добору гасел і висвітлення єврейської тематики в матеріалах "Української літературної енциклопедії" (1988-1995), зосереджуючись на представленні у виданні окремих сюжетів. Окрему увагу приділено змінам, що відбулися у реєстрі гасел із цієї тематики з моменту публікації попереднього списку (1985) до виходу енциклопедії.
Вісник Харківського національного університету імені В. Н. Каразіна. Серія «Історія України. Українознавство: історичні та філософські науки», 2018
The author outlines the features of the various ethnic groups’ representation in the new street n... more The author outlines the features of the various ethnic groups’ representation in the new street names that were adopted in 2015–2017. He analyzes the peculiarities of the street names’ selection in several Ukrainian cities (Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih, Mariupol, Sloviansk, Kramatorsk, Kremenchuk, and Poltava) among the representatives of various ethnic minorities. Since the names of local Jews are relatively frequently chosen as the new names of the renamed streets, the author has paid a special attention to the names of the representatives of the Jewish communities. He has made a conclusion on the somewhat larger significance of the contemporary state of the ethnic community in the city for its memorialization in the new street names compared with their significance in the past.
Меморіалізація спадку етнічних меншин і зміни міської топоніміки в Україні (2015-2017 роки)
The author outlines the features of the various ethnic groups’ representation in the new street n... more The author outlines the features of the various ethnic groups’ representation in the new street names that were adopted in 2015–2017. He analyzes the peculiarities of the street names’ selection in several Ukrainian cities (Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih, Mariupol, Sloviansk, Kramatorsk, Kremenchuk, and Poltava) among the representatives of various ethnic minorities. Since the names of local Jews are relatively frequently chosen as the new names of the renamed streets, the author has paid a special attention to the names of the representatives of the Jewish communities. He has made a conclusion on the somewhat larger significance of the contemporary state of the ethnic community in the city for its memorialization in the new street names compared with their significance in the past.
Zapisy BINiM, 2017
The paper presents a short description of the newly discovered book by Belurusian-Jewish politici... more The paper presents a short description of the newly discovered book by Belurusian-Jewish politician and historian Grigorii (Zvi) Fridliand on the last years of the Jewish Comminist Party (Poale Zion) in Belarus.
Indigenization before Indigenization. The Integration of “National Cadres” into the Party and State Apparat of the UkrSSR and BSSR (1919–1923)
Russian Studies in History, 2017
The Author traces how the former members of local Ukrainian, Belorussian, and Jewish national-com... more The Author traces how the former members of local Ukrainian, Belorussian, and Jewish national-communist groups were absorbed by the ruling Bolshevik party as well as the state apparat of Soviet Ukraine and Belarus. He analyzes in what areas of cultural and economic policy this process was more active. The role of former national-communist activists in the changes of the ruling party's policy is also examined.
Indigenization before Indigenization
Russian Studies in History
The Author traces how the former members of local Ukrainian, Belorussian, and Jewish national-com... more The Author traces how the former members of local Ukrainian, Belorussian, and Jewish national-communist groups were absorbed by the ruling Bolshevik party as well as the state apparat of Soviet Ukraine and Belarus. He analyzes in what areas of cultural and economic policy this process was more active. The role of former national-communist activists in the changes of the ruling party's policy is also examined.
Киридон, А., ред. Енциклопедичні видання в сучасному інформаційному просторі (Київ: ДНУ "Енциклопедичне видавництво", 2017): 220-226.
Процес добору гасел із історії й культури євреїв до універсальних енциклопедій має серйозні особл... more Процес добору гасел із історії й культури євреїв до універсальних енциклопедій має серйозні особливості, пов'язані з історією розселення євреїв у діаспорі. Зокрема, виникають складнощі із розмежуванням статей, до яких застосовуються менш суворі «внутрішні» критерії (у випадку українських енциклопедій - гасла, пов'язані з історією, культурою, літературою України тощо), і статей, які вважатимуться частиною «універсальної» частини словника.
“Украина в ХХ веке (до 1945 г.)” Александра Шубина [review essay] / “Ukraine in the Twentieth Century (before 1945)” by Alexander Shubin [review essay]
Ab Imperio, Dec 2016
This review essay critically discusses the chapters of the collective
monograph The History of Uk... more This review essay critically discusses the chapters of the collective
monograph The History of Ukraine (St. Petersburg: Aleteia, 2015) penned
by Alexander Shubin.
Артем Харченко і Олексій Чеботарьов (ред.). Євреї в етнічній мозаїці українських земель (Харків: ХНУ імені В. Н. Каразіна, 2015): 99-106.
The author puts the Jewish National Communism in the context of the «Soviet multiparty system» pe... more The author puts the Jewish National Communism in the context of the «Soviet multiparty system» period (1918–1920‐s), when the local leftist groups of the Ukrainian and Belorusian Socialist Soviet Republics played a significant role in the political life of the newly emerged polities. The paper examines the similarities and differences between the experiences of the absorption of these groups by the CP(b)U and the CP(b)B. According to the author, the ruling party of Bolsheviks had tested the scheme of the absorption of the allied Ukrainian leftist parties. Thereafter it used the same plan to merge with Jewish and Belarusian political groups in Ukraine as well as in Belarus.
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Synopsis of Thesis by Serhiy Hirik
Our study is based on the archival collections and published documents of the UCP(B), the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Ukraine, The Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks), and other political forces. Also it appeals to the government documentation, memoirs of political figures, and other historical sources. Author studies the sources for research on the ideological principles of the Ukrainian Party of Socialists-Revolutionaries (Communists)/ the Ukrainian Communist Party (Borotbists) and defines the vectors of an evolution of its leaders’ views on the key questions of the internal and foreign policy of the Soviet Ukraine during 1918–1920.
On the basis of the documents of the Communist International (the Comintern) author traces the history of the UCP(B)’s attempts to be admitted into this organization and defines the causes of their failure. Using the propagandist materials such as leaflets and media author investigates the specificity of the representation of the Borotbists’ ideology (Borotbism) by the party functionaries and political writers.
This party was created after the Ukrainian Party of Socialists Revolutionaries split in May 1918 during its Fourth Congress. Its left wing (also known as “Borotbists” by the name of the newspaper “Borot’ba” (“The Struggle”) issued by its leaders) gained control over the party’s Central Committee and began to call for cooperation with Bolsheviks. The name of the Party was changed into “Ukrainian Party of Socialists-Revolutionaries (Communists) in March 1919. On August 6, 1919 it had unified with the left wing of the Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party (Independentists). The new party was given the name “Ukrainian Communist Party (Borotbists)” (UCP(B)). It made an effort to join the Comintern, but its application was rejected. The Comintern had recommended to the UCP(B) to liquidate the party. The leaders of Borotbists were forced to decide to merge with the Bolsheviks.
The ideology of the Borotbists’ party initially was rooted in the old “narodnik” tradition and was impacted by the Marxism afterward. The Borotbists’ leaders paid great attention to the peasant question that was especially acute on the Ukrainian territories of the former Russian Empire. Borotbists called for the socialization of the agrarian property then. This position was modified later under the influence of the Bolsheviks. Besides that, among the main items of their unofficial program were the creation of a separate Ukrainian Red Army (closely allied with the Russian one), the protection of the Ukrainian language through cultural and educational policy, and the creation of the World Federation of Soviet Republics on the principles of equal rights of its members.
Books by Serhiy Hirik
Наукове видання орієнтоване на викладачів, аспірантів, студентів соціогуманітарного профілю, науковців, видавців, усіх, хто цікавиться енциклопедистикою та процесом укладання енциклопедій.
Papers by Serhiy Hirik
monograph The History of Ukraine (St. Petersburg: Aleteia, 2015) penned
by Alexander Shubin.