THE CONTEXTS OF VASYL STEFANYK`S LETTER ABOUT THE STRUGGLE FOR THE UKRAINIAN UNIVERSITY

The aim. To do a research through Vasyl Stefanyk’s epistles into his views on important social-historical and national-political phenomena processes developing in Halychyna, namely Lviv, at the beginning of XXth century. It deals, first foremost, with need starting Ukrainian university Halychyna as well participation metropolitan bishop Greek-Catholic Church Andrii Sheptytskyi this campaign.
 methods. With aim elucidating declared social-political problem following methods are employed: cultural-historical biographical. 
 results. article analyses contexts letter, written December 1901, to Father Kyrylo Hamorak. is underlined that it letter an extremely interesting testimony epoch, demonstrates interest both Stefanyk future father-in-law political events concerning struggle intelligentsia from order create Halychyna. persuasively community’s special attention figure Sheptytskyi, revealedthat fight lasted throughout several decades but was not settled neither Austro-Hungarian Monarchy nor Second Partition Rzeczpospolita. matter event, which, wrote Bishop demonstrated he “adheres Rusyny loyal way”. scientific novelty: for time accentuated separate epistle, giving insight multifaceted activities(foremost, ones) writer activist Pokuttia, understanding establishing Lviv that.