The history of the reunification of Rus.
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Panteleimon Aleksandrovich Kulish (1819-1897), a writer, poet, ethnographer, translator, historian, was one of the leading figures of Ukrainian enlightenment, the 'sovereign of thoughts' of the Ukrainian intelligentsia. In popularity and influence, he was not inferior to Taras Shevchenko. Kulish was the author of the 'farmstead philosophy' concept, the creator of 'kulishovka' - one of the early versions of the Ukrainian alphabet, and the main author of the first complete Ukrainian translation of the Bible. He was a typical Ukrainophile, glorifying the Cossack past and mythologizing the hetmanate and Cossack elders as defenders of Orthodoxy against Catholicism and Islam. But this was in his youth. Everything changed with the publication of P. Kulish's fundamental historical work 'The History of the Reunification of Rus'' and its continuation - 'The History of Ukraine's Apostasy from Poland'. Kulish did a tremendous job, step by step, based on documentary evidence, debunking historical myths associated with the activities of the Zaporozhian Sich and its hetmans. As for the progressive forces, whose cultural mission, in Kulish's opinion, was beyond doubt, he primarily considered the Russian autocracy.
Undoubtedly, Kulish realized that a book written in such a key would provoke indignation among his like-minded people. Reevaluating views, a completely different vision of his people's past became a challenging stage for both Kulish himself and his supporters. As the famous French philosopher Denis Diderot said: 'In the history of any nation, there are many pages that would be magnificent if they were true'. Many succumbed to such temptation and composed 'magnificent pages', but Panteleimon Kulish chose a different path, recognizing only one argument in history - the truth…
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Author:Kulish Patel
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Publication Language:Russian
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