L. WYNAR’S ROLE IN THE STUDY OF THE FIGURE OF OLEH KANDYBA (O. OLZHYCH)

Abstract

In 2017, it was the 110th anniversary of the famous Ukrainian poet, public-political figure and scientist-archaeologist O. Olzhych (Oleh Kandyba, 1907–1944) and 85th anniversary of the famous Ukrainian school and public figure L.Wynar (1932–2017).
The article is dedicated to the study of prof. L.Wynar’s role in the research of O.Olzhych as an author of scholarly studies and the organizer of the collection and publication of documentary and narrative sources of Kandyba studies in the pages of the Ukrainian Historical Association’s journal “The Ukrainian Historian”. Olzhych’s activities has drawn the attention of scholars and public figures of the Ukrainian emigration, but it was the publications in “The Ukrainian Historian” that made the study systematic. At the same time, not only was the scientific archeological work of O. Kandyba studied, but also his contribution to the development of literature and socio-political activities. Based on the new archival materials L.Wynar, along with his associates, made Kandyba’s biography more specific, and published a number of sources and studies on O. Kandyba, as well as articles about him.