Knyhynytska O. Public, military, scientific and pedagogic activity of Olena Stepaniv.

On the ground of published researches and archival materials, periodicals, memoirs, national and foreign historiography, the public, military, scientific and pedagogic activity of Olena Stepaniv is highlighted in the thesis research. It is shown the formation of social and political worldview of heroic figure at the time of main landmarks of national history of Galicia at the beginning of XX century. As a separate direction of the research it is reviewed the participation of O. Stepaniv in paramilitary structures – Ukrainian sich riflemen – and her participation in military operation at the beginning period of First World War – battle near Komarnyk, on Mount Makivka, near Bolekhiv, where the heroine was taken captive. In the work it is studied the pedagogic and scientific activity of O.Stepaniv during Second Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, period of Second World War and work of soviet pedagogic and scientific institution; it is determined conceptual principles of scientific work and shown main directions of social and political activity in her scientific workout. It is indicated that under the conditions of totalitarian system possibilities for development of new scientific directions were limited; soviet regime was intentionally eliminating O. Stepaniv from pedagogic and scientific activity: at the beginning creating of the administrative and organizational obstacles, and later eliminating her social and political activity through imprisonment in Stalin’s cages.