SIMOVYCH VASYL. WORKS IN TWO VOLUMES. VOLUME 1: LINGUISTICS, VOLUME 2: LITERATURE STUDIES. CULTURE

Historical and philological heritage of Vasyl Simovych (1880-1944) & ndash; outstanding Ukrainian scientist-philologist, cultural and public figure, graduate of Chernivtsi University, a full member of the Scientific Society. Shevchenko from & nbsp; 1923 & nbsp; & ndash; is an extremely important source for studying the history of Ukrainian linguistics, literature, publishing, national and cultural revival of Ukrainians in Bukovina, Galicia, Dnieper region of the late & nbsp; XIX & ndash; early twentieth century, the history of liberation struggles, the life of Ukrainian emigration in Czechoslovakia.

The first volume of Professor Vasyl Simovych & nbsp; contains linguistic articles and excerpts from monographs written in & nbsp; different periods of the scientist's life and & nbsp; still remained little known to the wider intelligentsia of the Ukrainian community. V. Simovych entered the history of Ukrainian linguistics primarily as the author of the "Practical Grammar of the Ukrainian Language", published in 1918 in the town of Rastatt (Germany). The second edition of it appeared in 1921. in & nbsp; Berlin, in & nbsp; & laquo; Ukrainian Invoice & raquo; Jacob Orenstein under the title & quot; Grammar of the Ukrainian language for self - study and & nbsp; assistance to school science & raquo; and & nbsp; was at one time the most complete and authoritative Ukrainian grammar, which had a very significant impact on the norms of literary language.

Extremely valuable linguistic heritage V. Simovich left as the author of thorough articles on & nbsp; grammar, history of literary language and spelling, history of linguistics. He & nbsp; & mdash; one of & nbsp; the first researchers of the language of T. Shevchenko, P. Kulish, Y. Fedkovych. Observations on the culture of daily speech of various segments of Ukrainian society, documented by V. Simovych in the form of occasional rector's notes, short essays, give a unique linguistic slice of the day, which has not lost its cognitive and prognostic value for modern linguists.

For scientists, university professors, teachers, students, anyone interested in the history and culture of Ukraine.

Literary and culturological works, memoirs cover the period from 1900 to 1943 and contain important information about the works of classic writers (T. Shevchenko, I. Franko, Olga Kobylyanska, B. Lepky, Lesya Ukrainka, O. Makovei, M. Kotsyubynsky, etc. .). Prefaces to numerous editions of their works edited by V. Simovych, his comments and reviews provide a broad background of literary and cultural movement in Western Ukraine in the first half of the twentieth century.

Memories are extremely high scientific and cognitive value V. Simovych on the cultural and educational activities of the Ukrainian intelligentsia during the First World War and in exile.
This is the first volume of V. Simovych's work collected and published.
For scientists, teachers of higher educational institutions, teachers, students , all who are interested in the history and culture of Ukraine.