Analysis of the activity of "Prosvita" in Drohobych in the interwar period of the ХХ century. Characteristics of the counteraction of the Polish authorities and local political structures, which tried to nullify and devalue the work of the institution.
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Діяльність “Просвіти” на Дрогобиччині в міжвоєнний період ХХ ст. The progress of the independent state of Ukraine at the present stage is innately connected with the previous stages of historical development of the Ukrainian people which objective research plays a considerable role in the national historiography. The interwar period, in which the activities of the “Prosvita” society in eastern Galicia (Halychyna) was a most remarkable compound, makes up a very important point in the consideration of its role in the national- cultural movement and suggests informative and practical tasks for researchers. The “Prosvita” society’s role in the national history can hardly be overestimated, as the “Prosvita” (“Enlightenment”) units, albeit in quite unfavorable political, social and economic conditions, formed a basis of moral tempering of the Ukrainian being, so, they made up an important factor to play in the formation and establishment of the national consciousness, struggle for realisation of the people’s national aspirations, and practical embodiment of the ideas of sovereignty and statehood.