«Because I am not one of those, who can steal someone’s merit…»: political debate of Stepan Smal-Stotskiy and Ivan Franko in Western Ukrainian press in the late XIXth –– early XXth century

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The analysis of the polemical material of Stepan Smal-Stotskyj and Ivan Franko has been done. Publications of public figures are considered in the article. The essence has been outlined and the subject of polemics has been characterized. The main aspects of the discussion between leading figures have been highlighted in the context of the political situation in the late XIX — early XX century.

Keywords: polemics, Stepan Smal-Stotskiy, Ivan Franko, press, review, political foundations.


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