The Ukrainian Research Institute's 25th-Anniversary Exhibition at Houghton Library, Harvard University
46. Stepan Rudnyts'kyi (1877-1937)
Ukraina und die Ukrainer
(Ukraine and the Ukrainians)
Rudnyts'kyi was a lecturer in geography at the University of Lemberg (L'viv). In his works, he described the Ukrainian nation, its character, and its territory. In particular, he highlights that Crimea is part of the Ukrainian national territory. It is in this fact that his map differs from Drahomanov's map. In mapping Ukrainian territory, Rudnyts'kyi used data from the 1897 Russian Imperial census. In the results, Ukrainian (Little Russian) speakers form a majority of the population in northern Crimea, and a large proportion in the south.
Old Gift. Courtesy of Widener Library.