Orest Ivanovych Levytsky (; – 9 May 1922) was a Ukrainian historian, ethnographer, and writer. He was a member of Kiev Hromada (

Hromada In Ukraine, a hromada () is the main type of municipality and the third level Administrative divisions of Ukraine, local self-government in Ukraine. The current hromadas were established by the Cabinet of ministers of Ukraine, Government of Uk ...

), an editor of '' Kievan Past'', and a Russian language philologist.

Biography

Born near

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, in Mayachka village, into the family of a priest, Levytsky graduated from the Poltava Divinity School and Seminary in 1869. In 1869-1870 he worked as a private teacher in the village Vepryk (near

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). As the best student, Levytsky was referred to be studied at a theological academy but unexpectedly enrolled into the Law faculty of

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. Later he transferred to the History and Philology faculty, from which he graduated in 1874. Led by

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, in 1874 Levytsky defended his dissertation "Overview of the internal history of Little Russia in the second half of 17th century". In 1874-1921 Levytsky was a secretary of the Provisional Commission in reviewing of old acts while teaching Russian language (1874-1909) in the Fourth Kiev Gymnasium and geography (1876-1877) in a music school. In 1879-87 he was a chief deputy of the Kiev Central Archive. He was one of the founders of the

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where he worked as a secretary from 1918 to 1920 and head of the Department of Social and Economical Sciences.

Awards

Order of Saint Vladimir The Imperial Order of Saint Prince Vladimir () was an Imperial Russian order established on by Empress Catherine the Great, Catherine II in memory of the deeds of Vladimir I, Prince of Kiev, Saint Vladimir, the Grand Prince and the Baptizer of ...

(1886)

Selected works

* Afanasiy Filippovich, Hegumen of Brest-Litovsk and his actions in protection of Orthodox Church against Unia Church (Афанасий Филиппович, игумен Брестлитовский, и его деятельность в защиту православия против унии, 1878) * Socinianism in Poland and South-Western Russia in 16-17th centuries
Социнианство в Польше и Юго-Западной Руси в XVI и XVII веках
1882) * Anna-Aloise, the Princess of Ostroh (Анна-Алоиза, княжна Острожская, 1883) * Internal affairs of Western Russian Church in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the end of 16th century and the Union of Brest
Внутреннее состояние западно-русской церкви в Польско-Литовском государстве в конце XVI в. и уния (Из предисл. к 6 т. 1 ч. «Арх. Юго-зап. России»)
1884) * Cyril Terlecki, episcope of Lutsk and Ostroh
Кирилл Терлецкий, епископ Луцкий и Острожский
1885) * Hypati Pociej, Metropolitan episcope of Kiev
Ипатий Потей, киевский униатский митрополит
1885) * Hanna Montowt. Historical outline of the life of Volhynian nobility in 16th century (Ганна Монтовт. Ист.-бытовой очерк из жизни волынского дворянства в XVI в., 1888) * Outline of the old life of Volhynia and Ukraine. Issues 1-2 (Очерки старинного быта Волыни и Украины. Вып. 1-2, 1889—1891) * Archaeological excursions of Taras Shevchenko in 1845-1856
Археологические экскурсии Т. Г. Шевченко в 1845—1856 гг.
1894)

Bibliography

* Levytsky, O. ''About the courts of Cossack Hetmanate''. "Rukh". Kharkiv. (translated by Mykola Horban)

External links

Orest Levytsky
at the Institute of History of Ukraine website.

profile 1848 births 1922 deaths People from Poltava Oblast People from Poltava Governorate Historians from the Russian Empire Ethnographers from the Russian Empire 20th-century Ukrainian historians 19th-century Ukrainian historians Hromada (society) members Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Historical faculty alumni Presidents of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir 19th-century male writers 20th-century Ukrainian male writers {{Ukraine-historian-stub