Osnova
Encyclopedia
The Ukrainian
magazine Osnova (Basis) was published in 1861-1862 in St Petersburg. It contained articles devoted to life and customs of the Ukrainian people, including regular features about their wedding costumes and traditions. Prominent figures associated with the magazine Osnova included Ukrainian intellectuals such as Volodymyr Antonovych
and Tadei Rylsky, as well as poet Pavlo Chubynsky
.
In the Russian Empire
expressions of Ukrainian culture and especially language
were repeatedly persecuted, for fear that a self-aware Ukrainian nation would threaten the unity of the Empire. In 1811 by the Order of the Russian government the Kiev Mohyla Academy (opened since 1632) was closed and outlawed. In 1847 the Brotherhood of Sts Cyril and Methodius was terminated. The same year Taras Shevchenko
was arrested and exiled for ten years, and banned for political reasons from expressing his views. In 1862 Pavlo Chubynsky
associated with Osnova was exiled for seven years out of Ukraine to Arkhangelsk
and the magazine Osnova was discontinued.
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
magazine Osnova (Basis) was published in 1861-1862 in St Petersburg. It contained articles devoted to life and customs of the Ukrainian people, including regular features about their wedding costumes and traditions. Prominent figures associated with the magazine Osnova included Ukrainian intellectuals such as Volodymyr Antonovych
Volodymyr Antonovych
Volodymyr Antonovych , was a prominent Ukrainian historian and one of the leaders of the Ukrainian national awakening in the Russian Empire. As a historian, Antonovych, who was longtime Professor of History at the University of Kiev, represented a populist approach to Ukrainian history.This...
and Tadei Rylsky, as well as poet Pavlo Chubynsky
Pavlo Chubynsky
Pavlo Chubynsky was a Ukrainian poet and ethnographer whose poem "Shche ne vmerla Ukraina" was set to music and adapted as the Ukrainian national anthem....
.
In the Russian Empire
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...
expressions of Ukrainian culture and especially language
Ukrainian language
Ukrainian is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. It is the official state language of Ukraine. Written Ukrainian uses a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet....
were repeatedly persecuted, for fear that a self-aware Ukrainian nation would threaten the unity of the Empire. In 1811 by the Order of the Russian government the Kiev Mohyla Academy (opened since 1632) was closed and outlawed. In 1847 the Brotherhood of Sts Cyril and Methodius was terminated. The same year Taras Shevchenko
Taras Shevchenko
Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko -Life:Born into a serf family of Hryhoriy Ivanovych Shevchenko and Kateryna Yakymivna Shevchenko in the village of Moryntsi, of Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire Shevchenko was orphaned at the age of eleven...
was arrested and exiled for ten years, and banned for political reasons from expressing his views. In 1862 Pavlo Chubynsky
Pavlo Chubynsky
Pavlo Chubynsky was a Ukrainian poet and ethnographer whose poem "Shche ne vmerla Ukraina" was set to music and adapted as the Ukrainian national anthem....
associated with Osnova was exiled for seven years out of Ukraine to Arkhangelsk
Arkhangelsk
Arkhangelsk , formerly known as Archangel in English, is a city and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It lies on both banks of the Northern Dvina River near its exit into the White Sea in the north of European Russia. The city spreads for over along the banks of the river...
and the magazine Osnova was discontinued.