Publications of Lidia Shyshmanova-Drahomanova in the ukrainian press of the beginning of the 20th century

Abstract

Introduction. Lidia Shyshmanova-Drahomanova is usually regarded as a Bulgarian writer, journalist, translator, women’s rights activist and public figure. However, the daughter of Mykhailo Drahomanov also closely cooperated with Ukrainian press of the beginning of the 20th century having published there a considerable number of materials. Relevance of the study is to expolore the problem-thematic aspects and genre features of the publications of Lidia Shyshmanova-Drahomanova, which were published in Ukrainian newspapers and magazines. Methodology. The research methods include biographical method (to examine the main periods of the journalist’s life and work), press-cliping (to select the articles by Lidia Shyshmanova-Drahomanova out of Ukrainian periodicals), bibliographical (for compiling the list of the journalist’s publications for further analysis), historical (for clarifying the reliability of facts), methods of analysis and synthesis (used to determine the basic concepts of the journalist’s publications). Results. The study was conducted on the basis of articles published in the Ukrainian periodicals at the beginning of the 20th century, in particular, «Dilo» (“Business”), «Nashe mynule» (“Our Past”), «Nova Rada» (“New Council”), «Nova Ukraina» (“New Ukraine”), «Ukraina» (“Ukraine”), «Ukrainskaia Zhyzn» (“Ukrainian Life”) and others. Selected articles belong to different genres, among them are reports, letters, analytical articles, other analytical and journalistic publications written by Lidia Shyshmanova-Drahomanova and other persons revealing the features of her life and creative work. The paper pays particular attention to those by Lidia Shyshmanova-Drahomanova that appeared in the «Rada» (“Council”) diary. They are very important for demonstration of Bulgarians’ social, political and cultural life as well as for highlighting the difficulties of international relations on the eve of the First World War. Conclusions. The important task for today’s researches is to compile a bibliography of articles by Lidia Shyshmanova-Drahomanova published in Ukrainian press. The necessary and not the less important is to revise the previous opinions on her journalist’s texts, in particular, her interpretation of a number of key issues of social, political, scientific and cultural life. Such a study would comprehensively reveal the versatility of her journalistic activity, filling one more gap in the history of Ukrainian journalism.