PUBLICIST ACTIVITY OF VOLODYMYR SALSKYI

Abstract

The publicist activity of Volodymyr Salskyi, a Ukrainian military figure, colonel of the General

Staff, commander of the Zaporizhzhya group in the Kamyanets-Podilsky operation of the Ukrainian People’s Republic (1919), cornet general of the Ukrainian People’s Republic, is studied. It is claimed that despite his military and political career, active participation in public life, V. Salskyi, like many of his contemporaries, was engaged in journalism. It is noted that V. Salskyi’s articles are united by national-state issues, sincere faith in the success of the Ukrainian cause and the finality of building an independent conciliar Ukraine. However, the central leitmotif of almost all publications is the army. The author understood the circumstances in which the military found themselves after the loss of Ukrainian statehood – without proper financial support, scattered over the territories of different states, demoralized, without any prospects. Therefore, in his articles he directly or indirectly tried to glorify the victory of the army, its indomitable spirit, in order to prevent the moral decline of soldiers in difficult socio-political conditions, to preserve patriotism and faith in victory in their ranks. It is concluded that V.

Salskyi’s articles were designed to popularize the Ukrainian national idea, to preserve and nurture in emigrant circles faith in the success of the Ukrainian cause, as well as to encourage active work in this direction. Despite the propagandistic nature of some publications, they played an important role in the development of cultural, educational and national life of Ukrainians in exile.