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Mykhailo Hrushevskyi
1866–1934
A leading voice in Ukrainian history and public life, he helped shape how generations understood Ukraine’s past and its right to political self-determination. His work combines sweeping scholarship with a strong sense of national purpose.
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Abrégé de l'histoire de l'Ukraine
by Mykhailo Hrushevskyi
About the author
Born in 1866, Mykhailo Hrushevskyi was a Ukrainian historian, writer, and political leader whose name is closely tied to the rise of modern Ukrainian national thought. He taught at the University of Lviv and became one of the most influential scholars of his time, helping organize major cultural and academic institutions devoted to Ukrainian studies.
His best-known achievement is the monumental multi-volume History of Ukraine-Rus', a work that argued for Ukraine’s long and distinct historical development. Alongside his academic writing, he was active in public debate and publishing, and he played a central role in the Shevchenko Scientific Society, which became an important center of Ukrainian intellectual life.
During the revolutionary years of 1917–1918, Hrushevskyi served as head of the Central Rada, the body that led the Ukrainian national movement in Kyiv. That combination of scholarship and state-building made him one of the defining Ukrainian figures of the early 20th century, remembered both as a founder of modern Ukrainian historiography and as a symbol of the country’s political awakening.