Hryhorii Savych Skovoroda. Ukrainian philosopher of the eighteenth century: New York, Ukrayinska Pravoslavna Tserkva v Z.D.A., Naukovo-bohoslovskyi instytut, 1955, 36p.

The work presents biographical information about the life of Hryhorii Skovoroda and his reflections on the times in which he lived. The author describes Skovoroda's youth, his school years, his first travels, his experience as a teacher, his life in Kharkiv, etc. In the author's opinion, the facts from the biography should not point to the philosopher's ‘eccentricity’ (as some Russian authors hint at), but instead can emphasise the image of a protester against the negative processes of transformation of the Ukrainian character that were taking place in Ukraine at that time under the influence of the new order brought by Moscow.

Kateryna Skrypnyk