Oleksandr Mykhailovych Kolesa ( Ukrainian: Oleksandr Kolesa ; April 12, 1867 , the village of Khodovichi, Austria-Hungary (now the Stryi district of the Lviv region of Ukraine ) - May 23, 1945 , Prague ) - Ukrainian political figure, philologist , literary critic, linguist.
| Alexander Colessa | |
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| Ukrainian Oleksandr Mikhailovich Colessa | |
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| Birth name | Alexander Mikhailovich Colessa |
| Date of Birth | April 12, 1867 |
| Place of Birth | with. Khodovichi , Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria , Austria-Hungary (now Stry district , Lviv region , Ukraine ) |
| Date of death | May 23, 1945 (78 years old) |
| Place of death | Prague |
| Citizenship |  Czechoslovakia |
| Nationality |  Austria-Hungary |
| Occupation | public figure, philologist, literary critic, linguist |
| Children | and |
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Biography
The brother of the composer, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR Filaret Kolesa and folklorist and ethnographer Ivan Kolesa .
Associate Professor (since 1895) and Professor (1898-1918) of the University of Jan Casimir in Lviv.
Since 1899 - an active figure in the Scientific Society. T. Shevchenko . Member of the Ukrainian People's Democratic Party . The author of the words of the song "Naughty, naughty, told kati" (1889, in the Russian translation known as "Dare, tyrants").
In 1907-1918 he was elected to the parliament of Austria-Hungary . One of the organizers and deputy chairman of the General Ukrainian Council in Vienna.
Actual chairman of the All-Ukrainian Cultural Council .
In 1921 - head of the ZUNR diplomatic mission in Rome . From 1921 until the end of his life he was in exile in Prague.
In 1923-1939 - teacher at Charles University in Prague. One of the organizers, professor and repeated rector (1921-1922, 1925-1928, 1935-1937, 1943-1944) of the Ukrainian Free University in Prague.
Full member of the Scientific Society. T. Shevchenko (since 1899) and the Slavic Institute in Prague.
Daughter - pianist Lyubov Kolesa .
Scientific activity
A. Kolesa - a researcher of monuments of ancient Russian writing ("Yuzhnovolynsk Gorodishche and Gorodische manuscripts of the 12-16 centuries"), folklore ("The main directions and methods in the study of Ukrainian folklore"), studied the history of the Ukrainian language ("Views on the history of the Ukrainian language" ), problems of Ukrainian literary criticism (“A look at the current state of the history of the study of Ukrainian literature”) and new Ukrainian literature (works by T. Shevchenko , M. Shashkevich , Yu. Fedkovich ).
Selected Bibliography
- Pіvdennovolinske Settlement and city handwritten memorials of 12-16 centuries (1923-25)
- The Table of Ukrainian-Russian Literature (1898),
- Shevchenko i Mitskevich (1894),
- Ukrainian folklore in the poetry of Bogdan Zalesky (1892),
- Ukrainian folk rhythm in the poetry of Bohdan Zaleski (1900),
- Golovnі direct method in the list of Ukrainian folklore (1927),
- Take a look at the history of Ukrainian movi (1924),
- A glance at the current camp of history of Ukrainian literature (1901) and others.
The author of the song "Naughty, Naughty, Told Katy" (1889).
Author of the book “Lunar Astral Metrological Plot in the Ancient Ukrainian Kolyadtsi. Fighting a proud youth with a black tour ”(1930).
Literature
- Ivasyuk O. Folklore motives in the poetry of Oleksandra Kolesis // Bukovinsky historical-ethnographic newsletter. - Chernivtsi, 2004. -
Vip. 6. - S. 210-213.
- Pogrebennik F.P. Kolesa Oleksandr Mikhailovich // Ukrainian Literature Encyclopedia: U 5 t. - К .: Ukrainian encyclopedia im. M.P. Bazhan, 1990 .-- T. 2 .-- S. 528.
- Ukrainian diaspora: literary posture, create, biologicheskiy vidomosti / Order. V. A. Prosalovo. - Donetsk: Skhidny vidavnichy dim, 2012. - 516 p.