Haydak Mykola Gryhorovych (1898–1971): from Temryuk (Maloyanisol) to Minneapolis through the interwar Podebrads and Prague
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31558/3083-5771.2024.2.10Keywords:
Donetsk region, biography, Mykola Hryhorovych Haydak, Ukrainian emigration, interwar CzechoslovakiaAbstract
The biography of Mykola Hryhorovych Haydak, the famous Donetskian with a world name, is known, but not detailized. First, there are differences in place of birth; secondly, his «Podebrady-Prague period of life», which determined his profession and vocation, is not covered.
The article objectively, holistically and systematically found out that Mykola Hryhorovych Haydak entered interwar Czechoslovakia illegally by crossing the Polish-Czechoslovak border through the Carpathians; that immediately upon his arrival he applied for help to the Ukrainian Public Committee, from where he received a referral to study at the Ukrainian Economic Academy in Podyebrady.
When choosing a higher educational institution and specialty, he was guided by the «profession rating» and «higher educational institution rating» available in the environment of the Ukrainian emigration community in the interwar CzSR. His choice of specialty and profession was also influenced by the financial factor, scientific-technical progress of the 1920s, and especially eugenics. In the early 1930s, Mykola Hryhorovych moved to the USA. He was motivated by his desire to deepen his knowledge in the entomology and his scientific career.
References
Haidak Mykola [Haydak Mykola] (1993). Entsyklopediia ukrainoznavstva. T. 1. (H–Hal). Lviv: NTSh u Lvovi, 336 [in Ukrainian].
Hranovskyi, O. (1971, 10 zhovtnia). Pasichnyk svitovoi slavy [A beekeeper of world fame]. Ukrainske slovo (Paryzh), 1558, 4 [in Ukrainian].
Koval, R. & Morenets, V. (2015). «Podiebradskyi polk Armii UNR» (T. 1). [«Podebrad Regiment of the Army of the Ukrainian People’s Republic»]. Kyiv: Istorychnyi klub «Kholodnyi Yar», «Ukrainskyi priorytet» [in Ukrainian].
Morenets, V. (2009). Haidak Mykola. [Haydak Mykola]. Vasyl Markus & Dariia Markus. Entsyklopediia ukrainskoi diiaspory. T. 1: Spolucheni Shtaty Ameryky. Kn. 1 (A–K). Niu-Iork: Naukove tovarystvo imeni Tarasa Shevchenka v Amerytsi, 336 [in Ukrainian].
Obwіeszczenіe Mіnіstra Skarbu 1922–1939 (1939). [Announcement of the Ministry of Treasury 1922–1939]. (Z pryvatnoi kolektsii Andriia Hetsevycha). Warszawa [in Polish].
Rudka, B. (2006). Haidak Mykola Hryhorovych [Haydak Mykola Hryhorovych]. Entsyklopediia Suchasnoi Ukrainy. (T. 5). Kyiv: NAN Ukrainy ta in., 300 [in Ukrainian].
Shramchenko, L. (1926). Ukrainske, biloruske ta hruzynske studentstvo na vysokykh shkolakh ChSR. Statystychnyi narys [Ukrainian, Belarusian and Georgian students at higher schools of the Czech Republic. Statistical essay]. Podiebrady: b. m. v. [in Ukrainian].
Sydorovskyi, Y. (2009). Mykola Hryhorovych Haidak: do 110-richchia z dnia naro-dzhennia [Mykola Hryhorovych Haydak: to the 110th anniversary of his birth]. Ukrainskyi pasichnyk, 5(206), 38–39 [in Ukrainian].
Tsentralnyi derzhavnyi arkhiv hromadskykh ob’iednan Ukrainy [Central State Archive of Public Associations of Ukraine] [in Ukrainian].
Tsentralnyi derzhavnyi arkhiv vyshchykh orhaniv vlady ta upravlinnia Ukrainy [The Central State Archive of Higher Authorities and Administration of Ukraine] [in Ukrainian].
Tynchenko, Y. (2011). Ofitserskyi korpus Armii UNR [Ofitserskyi korpus Armii UNR]. (T. 2). Kyiv: Tempora [in Ukrainian].
Ukraintsi Donechchyny v borotbi za nezalezhnist UNR [Ukrainians of Donetsk region is fighting for the independence of the Ukrainian People’s Republic] (2019). Ukrainskyi instytut natsionalnoi pam’iati. Retrieved from https://uinp.gov.ua/ [in Ukrainian].
Urodzhentsi Donechchyny – bortsi za nezalezhnist UNR [Natives of Donetsk region are fighters for the independence of the Ukrainian People’s Republic] (2020). Derzhavnyi arkhiv Donetskoi oblasti. Retrieved from https://dn.archives.gov.ua/vystavky/2020/%D0% 91%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%86%D1%96%20%D0%B7%D0%B0%20%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C%20%D0%A3%D0%9D%D0%A0.pdf [in Ukrainian].
Vlasenko, V. (2024). Kost Matsiievych: ahronom, kooperator, dyplomat [Kost Matsievich: agronomist, cooperator, diplomat]. Rehionalni determinanty formuvannia sotsialnykh elit ta yikh vplyv na protsesy natsiie- ta derzhavotvorennia v Ukraini. Sumshchyna. Sumy: Trytoriia, 226–269 [in Ukrainian].
Zubko, O. (2010). Stvorennia ta diialnist Ukrainskoho vyshchoho pedahohichnoho instytutu im. M. Drahomanova v Prazi (1923–1933) [Creation and activity of the Ukrainian Higher Pedagogical Institute named after M. Drahomanov in Prague (1923–1933)] (dys. … kand. ist. nauk). Kyiv: KNU imeni Tarasa Shevchenka. [in Ukrainian].
Zubko, O. (2018). Mizh Khramom ta yevhenikoiu: ukrainska emihratsiia v mizhvoiennii ChSR. Pytannia bezsmertia [The temple and eugenics: Ukrainian emigration in the interwar Czechoslovak SSR. The question of immortality]. Volynskyi Blahovisnyk, 8, 331–346. Retrieved from http://doi.org/10.33209/2519-4348-2707-9627-2020-8-88 [in Ukrainian].
Zubko, O. & Koliastruk, O. (2023). Hroshovi vidnosyny ukrainskoho emihratsiinoho oseredku mizhvoiennoi Chekhoslovachchyny (1918–1939) [Monetary relations of the Ukrainian emigration center in interwar Czechoslovakia (1918–1939)]. Siverianskyi litopys, (5–6), 129–139. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7747339 [in Ukrainian].
