Osnova

The Ukrainian journal Osnova ( ) was published between 1861¹ and 1862 in Saint Petersburg. It contained articles devoted to life and customs of the Ukrainian people, including regular features about their wedding customs and traditions. Prominent figures were associated with the journal Osnova included Ukrainian intellectuals such as Volodymyr Antonovych and Tadei Rylsky (father of Maksym Rylsky), as well as poet Pavlo Chubynsky.

The Ukrainian journal Osnova ( ) was published between 1861 and 1862 in Saint Petersburg. It contained articles devoted to life and customs of the Ukrainian people, including regular features about their wedding customs and traditions. Prominent figures were associated with the journal Osnova included Ukrainian intellectuals such as Volodymyr Antonovych and Tadei Rylsky (father of Maksym Rylsky), as well as poet Pavlo Chubynsky. ===Background=== In the Russian Empire expressions of Ukrainian culture and especially language were repeatedly persecuted, for fear that a self-aware Ukrainian nation would threaten the unity of the Empire. In 1811, by the Order of the Russian government the Kyiv Mohyla Academy (established in 1632¹) was closed and outlawed. In 1847, the Brotherhood of Sts Cyril and Methodius was terminated. The same year Taras Shevchenko was arrested and exiled for ten years, and banned for political reasons from expressing his views. ===Publication=== The journal was published monthly from January 1861 to September 1862 in St. Petersburg. Some of its texts were published in Russian. Publishers: Vasyl Bilozersky (editor), Panteleimon Kulish, Mykola Kostomarov, Alexander Kistyakovsky (Secretary), M. Scherbak and others. Hanna Barvinok (real name Oleksandra Bilozerska-Kulish) who was Vasyl Bilozersky's sister and Panteleimon Kulish's wife also took part in the creation of the journal "Osnova". ===Program=== "The region, the study of which the "Osnova" will be devoted, is inhabited mainly by the southern Russian people," - said the magazine's program. The editorial board stated that it was "opening its journal for works in both native languages," emphasizing that "in our time, the question of whether it is possible and whether to write in Ukrainian is a matter of course". The editorial board of "Osnova" called to pay special attention to the "practical significance of the vernacular in teaching and preaching." ===Discontinuation=== In 1862, Pavlo Chubynsky associated with Osnova was exiled for seven years out of Ukraine to Arkhangelsk. The magazine Osnova was discontinued for financial reasons. ==See also== Hromada (secret society) Kievskaia starina

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