Ravenna letters of Fedir Schmit from the collection of manuscripts of the Central Library of the V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University

Purpose of the article. The article represents an analysis and publication letters Kharkiv University professor Fedir Shmit (1877–1937?) held in manuscript collection Central Academic Library V. N. Karazin National University. Methodologically, study is based on principles historicism objectivity employs a variety special historical methods, including chronological, comparative, method internal external source criticism. originality. Shmit’s to his fiancée Pavla Shper from library University, dating March 1904, are published for first time. author analyzes contents scholar’s personal correspondence importance Byzantine artifacts monuments Ravenna, undertaken subsequent work. Conclusions. outlines significance CAL both reconstructing biography assessing contribution Byzantinology. Personal throws light remains results which presented works period. deciphers provides commentary individual fragments. Fedor Shmidt’s legacy preserved Kharkiv’s libraries archives.