Karazin’s struggle for establishment of Kharkiv University (the beginning of ХІХ century).
Abstract
The role of V. N. Karazin in his struggle to establish Kharkiv University is presented in the article. It has been proved that V. N. Karazin’s creative activity at the beginning of the 19th century was chiefly directed at educational reforms and underwent both outer and inner influence. The main task for him was still propaganda of enlightenment among the nation and its culture-educational rebirth. The author finds the reasons which influenced the development of people’s enlightenement on Slobozhanshchyna and formed the precondition for establishing Kharkiv University (historic events, territorial location, enlightening influence of H. Skovoroda, views of Kharkiv Collegium scholars, the worldview of Popivska Academy members with O. Palitsyn at its head, the support of Slobidska-Ukrainian region leaders of V. N. Karazin’s ideas of the national enlightenment all about the Ukrainian lands and establishment of the new type of University, etc.).
Key words:
V.N. Karazin; Kharkіv University; enlightenment of people; education; educational reforms.
