NADIYA SUROVTSOVA’S IDEAS OF FREEDOM, TRUTH AND JUSTICE
Journal Title: Історичний архів. Наукові студії - Year 2017, Vol 0, Issue 19
Abstract
This article is devoted to the life and activities of Nadiya V. Surovtsova, a woman who had diverse destiny. She was a forerunner, historian, publicist and a fighter for freedom, truth and justice. The participation of Nadia Surovtsova in the Ukrainian revolution of 1917–1921 is emphasized in the article. Nasiya Surovtsova was both a Ukrainian and European person; her father was a Ukrainian and a lawyer by profes-sion and her mother was a Russian, a former student of the Higher Education Courses for Women (Bestuzhivski) in St. Petersburg, Doctor of Philosophy in University of Vienna (the first woman from Ukraine, who received this academic degree), a prisoner in Gulag camps, a person who devoted her entire life to the idea of Ukrainian statehood. The purpose of this article is to bring honor and memory to «the tireless revolutionary» as the 100th anniversary of the National Democratic Revolution of 1917–1921 is to be celebrated in Ukraine. Nadiya Surovtsova participated in all stages of the revolution, occupying such state positions as a district instructor of the Central Council, a clerk in Bizhenetsk Department of the General Secretariat of Internal Affairs, then a head of the General Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the Central Council, a head of the diplomatic department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the hetman Skoropadsky, a secretary in Information Office of the Ministry of For-eign Affairs in the Directory. Describing the events of this woman’s life the author makes it clear to the reader that in her life she followed the idea of freedom, truth and justice, despite the circumstances and rather tragic fate. In conclusion the author quotes Nadiya Surovtsova’s words concerning the revolutionary events of 1917-1921 in Ukraine. «... For me this period is connected first of all with real people, sometimes costly, sometimes hostile; this is the time of changes, the struggle, the errors of my contemporaries and mine …this is the story about people who created history ...». Nadiya V. Surovtsova who was born in Uman can be treated as a part of this history too and deserves eter-nal memory and honour.
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O. V. Lisovska
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