Mykola Hulak
| Cyrillic ( Ukrainian ) | |
|---|---|
| Микола Іванович Гулак | |
| Transl. : | Mykola Ivanovyč Hulak |
| Transcr. : | Mykola Ivanovych Hulak |
| Cyrillic ( Russian ) | |
| Николай Иванович Гулак | |
| Transl .: | Nikolaj Ivanovič gulak |
| Transcr .: | Nikolai Ivanovich Gulak |
Mykola Iwanowytsch Hulak (* 25. May 1821 in Warsaw , Congress Poland , † May 27 jul. / 8. June 1899 greg. In Jelisawetpol , Azerbaijan , Russian Empire ) was a Ukrainian scientist (mathematician, historian, philosopher, literary critic), lawyer , Journalist, translator and politician.
Life
Mykola Hulak's father Ivan came from the Poltava Governorate and was the descendant of a high-ranking officer in the Zaporozhian Cossack army at the time of Hetman Petro Doroshenko . Between 1838 and 1843 Mykola Hulak studied at the Law Faculty of the University of Dorpat . In 1844 he received his doctorate in law and in 1845 he moved to Kiev . There he worked as a translator for the Kiev Archaeological Commission and as an official of the governor's administration.
In 1845, at the age of 25, he was one of the founders of the Cyril and Method Brotherhood , along with Nikolai Kostomarow and Vasyl Biloserskyj , which played a central role in the development of national consciousness in Ukraine. For his membership in the brotherhood, the friend Taras Shevchenko was arrested in March 1847 and refused to name any members of the brotherhood in the subsequent interrogations, whereupon he was convicted and imprisoned in the Schluesselburg fortress until 1850 . He then had to go into exile in Perm from 1850 to 1855 . After the exile he taught mathematics, natural sciences and history at secondary schools in Odessa , Kerch , Stavropol , Kutaisi and Tbilisi and was under police supervision until 1859. Known for his encyclopedic knowledge, Hulak wrote numerous studies on history, philology, literature and mathematics and translated Georgian and Azerbaijani literary works.
Honors
A street in the Ukrainian capital Kiev is named after him.
The historical novel The Fourth Dimension (1984, Ukrainian Четвертий вимір ) by Roman Iwanychuk is about the life and work of Hulak.
Web links
- Entry on Hulak, Mykola in the Encyclopedia of the History of Ukraine (Ukrainian)
- Excerpt from the court record in the Mykola Hulak case (Ukrainian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b biography in Ukrainians-World ; accessed on May 14, 2017 (Ukrainian)
- ↑ Members of the brotherhood on UA-Kobzar.livejournal ; accessed on May 14, 2017 (Ukrainian)
- ^ Difficult history of Ukrainian nationalism in the NZZ on March 13, 2014; accessed on May 14, 2017
- ↑ a b Description of Mykolya Hulak on the website of the National Museum Taras Shevchenko ; accessed on August 22, 2018 (Ukrainian)
- ↑ Entry on Hulak, Mykola in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine ; accessed on May 14, 2017 (English)
- ↑ Entry on Mykola Hulak in the Kiev encyclopedia ; accessed on May 14, 2017 (Ukrainian)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hulak, Mykola |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hulak, Mykola Ivanovych (full name); Гулак, Микола Іванович (Ukrainian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ukrainian scientist, lawyer, journalist, translator and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 25, 1821 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Warsaw , Congress Poland |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 8, 1899 |
| Place of death | Yelisavetpol , Azerbaijan , Russian Empire |