PUBLISHING ACTIVITY OF NIKIFOR YAKOVLEVICH GRIGORIEV’S AS A WAY TO ENLIGHTENMENT

Abstract

The issue of creating school textbooks and books in different historical periods was decided differently. At the beginning of the twentieth century it was quite acute. The Ukrainian language was under constant harassment and prohibition. The school was devoid of any national features, because the training was conducted mostly in Russian. Textbooks and methodological support were not oriented to the Ukrainian people, and all this contradicted the natural and mental needs of students. The study did not take into account the cultural achievements and historical traditions of the Ukrainian people, all of which hindered the intellect of the Ukrainian nation. N. Grigoriev was aware that the creation of textbooks and books is the only way to spread literacy among the population. Therefore, the creation of books and textbooks in the Ukrainian language became an important task of the teacher. “It is the writing of works about the Ukrainian people, their history, life, and life – this is the most effective method in the development of mental skills of students”, – stated N. Grigoriev. N. Grigoyev’s publishing pedagogical heritage is about 50 works, in which pedagogical, moral-ethical, sociological, and historical questions are violated. All of them were aimed at developing the national consciousness of the Ukrainian people, spreading the ideas of enlightenment, science among the general population. In addition, N. Grigoriev had about 90 journalistic articles published in Ukrainian and foreign periodicals such as: “Labor Ukraine”, “Light”, “Lighthouse”, “Free Union”, “New Ukraine”, “Ukrainian correspond- ence”, “People’s Will”, “Ukrainian Voice”, “Bulletin of the Ukrainian National Congress”, “Podilsky News”, “Stake”. Before printing, the teacher presented articles under the pseudonyms of Grigory Nash, G. Nash, the Teacher, the Enlightener.