Myroniuk D. Symon Petliura as the Chief-editor of the magazine "Ukrainskaia zhyzn'" (1912 - 1917)

Complex study of "Ukrainskaia zhyzn'" magazine, edited in Moscow in 1912 - 1917, as well as the study of Symon Petliura's journalist and editorial activities have been made in the thesis. The preconditions of Symon Petliura's coming into being a journalist, an editor and a publisher have been analyzed on archive materials. Some unknown before facts from his life have been specified. The thesis scrutinizes publicistic work of Symon Petliura at the beginning of his career, i.e. when he worked in the Kyiv newspaper "Slovo", and then when he was its editor during 1907 - 1908 years. Detailed analysis of the foundations of "Ukrainskaia zhyzn'", editorial policy, organization of the working hours are given in the thesis. It also deals with the people, who worked there, both regular and free-lancers. The program foundations determined the topics of the publications such as the activities of "Prosvita" centers, the protection of the Ukrainian language in all the spheres of social life, economical basis for the independence of Ukraine, problems of Ukrainian press, the idea of a social and national mission of Ukrainian art. Separately it deals with the peculiarities of Symon Petliura's style.