George Y. Shevelov Papers, 1922-2001
Summary Information
Abstract
The papers comprise correspondence, writings, memoirs, personal documents, research notes, printed materials, photographs of Iurii Shevel'ov, prominent scholar, Slavic linguist, philologist, literary historian, and literary critic, longtime professor of Slavic philology at Columbia University.
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- BA#0401
- Bib ID:
- 4078070 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Shevelʹov, I︠U︡riĭ; Sherekh, I͡Uriĭ
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 15 linear feet (30 document boxes)
- Language(s):
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Russian
, Polish
, English
, Ukrainian
, German
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- Access:
- You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
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This collection has no restrictions.
This collection is located on-site.
Description
Scope and Content
The bulk of the collection consists of Iurii Shevel'ov's professional and personal correspondence, his manuscripts and research notes. There are also documents, biographical and background materials, photographs, and writings by other authors. The material in the collection is arranged in five series.
Shevel'ov corresponded with many prominent scholars, writers, and literary critics including Peeter Arumaa, Ivan Bahrianyi, Vasyl' Barka, Dmytro Chyzhevs'kyi, Petr Grigorenko, Roman Jakobson, Milan Kundera, Horace Lunt, Mihajlo Mihajlov, George Szell, Boris Unbegaun, Wiktor Weintraub, and many others.
The collection contains Shevel'ov's writings in a variety of genres, such as his early poetry, professional articles, monographs, reviews, and essays (including works of his student years), memoirs, etc. Files include published and unpublished works, extensive drafts and research notes, fragments and uncompleted manuscripts.
Photographs in the collection primarily are Shevel'ov's photos of 1970s-1990s but there are also photos of other people including such prominent figures as Hanna Nakonechna and Vasyl' Simovych, his family and friends.
There are cross-references provided throughout the finding aid. When the cross-reference refers to another item within the same series, the reference includes the specific name or title and box and folder number (this also applies to the references within same subseries and sub-subseries). If the cross-reference is to an item in another series, the reference includes the series number, series name, folder title, and box and folder numbers (this also applies to references to the items in another subseries and sub-subseries).
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Series I: Correspondence, 1950-2001
The series consists of Shevel'ov's professional and personal correspondence with various people and organizations and includes letters from many prominent figures. Correspondence may include various related materials, such as manuscripts and clippings. Organized into two subseries.
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Series II: Writings, 1926-1990s
The series comprises articles, monographs, papers presented at conferences and congresses, talks, memoirs, reviews, poetry, extensive research notes and drafts. Arranged in six subseries.
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Series III: Documents, Biographical and Background Materials, 1945-2000
Documents include some MUR related documents and acknowledgement and certificate of 1990s. Biographical and background materials include articles about Shevel'ov, reviews on his writings, and bibliography of his works.
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Series IV: Photographs, 1922-1994
This series contains color prints of group and individual Shevelov's photographs. There is also black and white prints of Vasyl' Simovych and his family and friends photographs dated 1922-1923.
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Series V: Writings by others, undated, 1970s-2001
Contains typescripts and holograph manuscripts of writings by various authors and books edited by Shevel'ov; many with authors' inscriptions.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in five series.
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Series I: Correspondence, 1950-2001
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Series II: Writings, 1926-1990s
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Subseries II.1: Memoirs "Ia - mene - meni", undated
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Subseries II.2: Articles and Monographs, 1929-1998
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Subseries II.3: Reviews, 1940s-1990s (see also Subseries II.2: Articles and Monographs--Off-prints and reprints bound in two volumes, Box 23), 1940s-1990s
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Subseries II.4: Fragments, undated
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Subseries II.5: Poetry, 1926-1969
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Subseries II.6: Drafts, Notes, and Research Materials, 1930s-1990s
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Series III: Documents, Biographical and Background Materials, 1945-2000
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Series IV: Photographs, 1922-1994
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Series V: Writings by others, undated, 1970s-2001
Using the Collection
Restrictions on Access
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
This collection has no restrictions.
This collection is located on-site.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); George Y. Shevelov Papers; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Accrual
No additional materials expected
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Correspondence: Source of acquisition--George Y. Shevelov. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1981.
Correspondence: Source of acquisition--George Y. Shevelov. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1982.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
Correspondence Accessioned 1981.
Correspondence Accessioned 1982.
Correspondence Processed 09/--/81.
Correspondence Revised 05/--/83.
Papers Processed Katia Shraga 07/--/2010.
Finding aid Written Katia Shraga 07/--/2010.
Revision Description
2010-10-14 xml document instance created by Carrie Hintz
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
Biographical Note
Iurii Shevel'ov (aka George Y.Shevelov, pseudonyms Iurii Sherekh, Hryhorii Shevchuk, and others), Slavic linguist, philologist, essayist, literary historian, and literary critic; full member of the Shevchenko Scientific Society since 1949 and of the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1945, was born 17 December 1908 in Kharkiv (some sources, however, indicate Łomża, Poland, then part of the Russian Empire). He studied under Leonid Bulakhovsky at Kharkiv University, graduated and lectured there in Slavic linguistics (1939–1943). He emigrated to Germany during the war and received his Ph.D. degree frоm the Free University of Munich in 1949. He taught there from 1946 to 1949, and then at the University of Lund, Sweden form 1950 to 1952. He was one of the organizers of émigré literary life in Germany and was a vice-president of the literary association "MUR" (1945–1949). After settling in the United States, he served as lecturer in Russian and Ukrainian at Harvard University (1952–1954), associate professor (1954–1958) and professor of Slavic philology at Columbia University from 1958 to his retirement in 1977. He was a founding member of the "Slovo", Association of Ukrainian Writers in Exile. From 1959 to 1961 and from 1981 to 1986 Shevel'ov served as President of the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in New York, and editor in-chief of the Ukrainian émigré journal Suchasnist' (1978–1981). In 1991, Shevel'ov became a foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
Iurii Shevel'ov is the author of numerous books and articles on Slavic philology and linguistics and the history of literature and literary criticism. He died 12 April 2002 in New York.
Subject Headings
The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through
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| Correspondence |
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| Memoirs |
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| Photographs |
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| Alsop, Joseph, 1910-1989 |
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| Andii︠e︡vsʹka, Emma |
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| Andrukhovych, I︠U︡riĭ, 1960- |
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| Arumaa, Peeter, 1900-1982 |
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| Bahri︠a︡nyĭ, Ivan |
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| Baley, Virko |
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| Barka, Vasylʹ |
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| Belot︠s︡erkovskiĭ, Vadim, 1928-2017 |
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| Bilet︠s︡ʹkyĭ, Leonid, 1882-1955 |
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| Bilinsky, Yaroslav |
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| Bilokinʹ, Serhiĭ |
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| Bohachevsky-Chomiak, Martha |
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| Bondar-Tereshchenko, Ihor |
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| Borman, Arkadiĭ, 1891-1974 |
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| Boĭchuk, Bohdan |
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| Boĭko, I︠U︡riĭ |
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| Carynnyk, Marco |
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| Chaplenko, Vasylʹ |
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| Cholhan, Ilarion |
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| Chubatyĭ, M. (Mykola), 1889-1975 |
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| Demkovych-Dobri︠a︡nsʹkyĭ, Mykhaĭlo |
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| Drach, Ivan |
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| Dzi︠u︡ba, Ivan, 1931- |
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| Fedenko, Panas |
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| Fishbeĭn, Moĭseĭ, 1946- |
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| Fizer, John |
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| Frant︠s︡uz︠h︡enko, Mykola |
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| Garde, Paul |
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| Giedroyc, Jerzy |
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| Grabowicz, George G. |
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| Grigorenko, P. G. (Petr Grigorʹevich), 1907-1987 |
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| Halle, Morris |
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| Hamm, Josip |
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| Hirni︠a︡k , Ĭosyp, 1895-1989 |
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| Hnativ, I︠A︡roslav |
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| Hnizdovsky, Jacques, 1915-1985 |
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| Hordynsʹkyĭ, Svi︠a︡toslav, 1906-1993 |
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| Hryshko, Vasylʹ I., 1914-2008 |
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| Humenna, Dokii︠a︡ |
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| Hüttl-Folter, Gerta |
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| Izarsʹkyĭ, Oleksa, 1919-2007 |
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| I︠A︡niv, Volodymyr |
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| Jakobson, Roman, 1896-1982 |
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| Kachurovsʹkyĭ, Ihor |
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| Karpovich, Michael, 1888-1959 |
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| Keis, Vitalii |
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| Klynovyĭ, I͡Uriĭ, 1909-1985 |
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| Koneski, Blaže |
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| Korotych, Vitaliĭ |
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| Kosach, I︠U︡riĭ |
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| Koshelivet︠s︡ʹ, Ivan |
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| Kravt︠s︡iv, Bohdan, 1904-1975 |
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| Kubiĭovych, Volodymyr, 1900-1985 |
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| Kundera, Milan |
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| Kuzeli︠a︡, Zenon, 1882-1952 |
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| Kysilevsʹkyĭ, K. (Kostʹ) |
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| Lawrynenko, Jurij |
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| Livyt︠s︡ʹka-Kholodna, Natali︠a︡ |
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| Li︠a︡turynsʹka, Oksana, 1902-1970 |
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| Luckyj, George S. N., 1919-2001 |
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| Lunt, Horace G. (Horace Gray), 1918-2010 |
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| Lyman, Leonid, 1922-2003 |
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| Mazon, André, 1881-1967 |
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| Mihajlov, Mihajlo, 1934-2010 |
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| Moroz, Valentyn, 1936-2019 |
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| Mosely, Philip E. (Philip Edward), 1905-1972 |
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| Mykhalevych, Mykhaĭlo, 1906-1984 |
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| Nakonechna, Hanna |
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| Nytchenko, Dmytro |
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| Obolenskīĭ, Dmitrīĭ Dmitrīevich, kni︠a︡zʹ |
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| Odarchenko, Petro, 1903-2006 |
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| Ohloblyn, Oleksander, 1899-1992 |
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| Osʹmachka, Todosʹ, 1895-1962 |
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| Paliĭ, Lida |
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| Pavlychko, Dmytro , 1929- |
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| Pavlychko, S. D. (Solomii︠a︡ Dmytrivna) |
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| Pavlyshyn, Marko |
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| Pevnyĭ, Bohdan |
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| Pochept︠s︡ov, G. G. (Georgiĭ Georgievich) |
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| Polański, Kazimierz, 1929-2009 |
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| Poltava, Leonid, 1921-1990 |
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| Pritsak, Omeljan |
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| Pyziur, Eugene, 1917-1980 |
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| Raeff, Marc |
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| Rubchak, Bohdan |
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| Rudnytsky, Ivan L. (Ivan Lysiak), 1919-1984 |
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| Rymaruk, Ihor |
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| Samchuk, Ulas |
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| Senn, Alfred, 1899-1978 |
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| Shlemkevych, Mykola, 1894-1966 |
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| Simmons, Ernest J. (Ernest Joseph), 1903-1972 |
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| Simovych, Vasylʹ, 1880-1944 |
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| Slavutych, I︠A︡r, 1918-2011 |
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| Smal-Stocki, Roman, 1893-1969 |
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| Soloviĭ, I︠U︡riĭ |
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| Stefanovych, Oleksa, 1900-1970 |
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| Struk, Danylo Husar, 1940-1999 |
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| Sversti︠u︡k, I︠E︡vhen |
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| Szell, George, 1897-1970 |
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| Tarnavsʹkyĭ, I︠U︡riĭ |
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| Tschižewskij, Dmitrij, 1894-1977 |
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| Unbegaun, Boris Ottokar, 1898-1973 |
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| Vasmer, Max, 1886-1962 |
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| Vernadsky, George, 1887-1973 |
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| Vetukhiv, Mykhaĭlo Oleksii︠e︡vych, 1902-1959 |
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| Vovk, Vira, 1926- |
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| Weintraub, Wiktor |
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| Wynar, Lubomyr Roman, 1932-2017 |
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| Zabuz︠h︡ko, O. S. (Oksana Stefanivna) |
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| Zalesʹka Onyshkevych, Larissa M. L. |
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| Zhuravlev, V. K. (Vladimir Konstantinovich) |
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| Zui︠e︡vsʹkyĭ, Oleh, 1920-1996 |
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| Ševčenko, Ihor |
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| Criticism -- Ukraine |
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| Emigration and immigration -- Soviet Union -- 20th century |
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| Linguistics |
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| Philologists -- Ukraine |
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| Slavic languages -- Grammar |
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| Slavic languages -- History |
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| Slavic philology |
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| Ukrainian Americans |
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| Ukrainian language |
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| Ukrainian language -- History |
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| Ukrainian literature -- History and criticism |
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| Ukrainian philology |
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