Dmytro Dontsov
Dmytro Dontsov | |
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Saint Petersburg University (1907) | |
Literary movement | Integral nationalism |
Spouse | Maria Bachinsky (1891–1978) |
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Dmytro Ivanovych Dontsov (
Biography
Dontsov was born in
During the time of the
Ideology
In 1914, Dontsov moved to Lviv, where he became a founder member of the
During this time, he edited several journals and wrote numerous articles on Ukrainian nationalism. In a style of analysis more typical of Russia’s intelligentisia, Dontsove exhibited a doctrinaire turn of mind with simplified, reductionist formulas, and radical ideological solutions.[7] His writings lambasted the failures of Ukrainians to achieve independence in 1917-1921, ridiculed Ukrainian figures from that era, and proposed a new "nationalism of the deed" and a united "national will" in which violence was a necessary instrument to overthrow the old order. He condemned the Polonophilia, Russophilia, and Austrophilia of various segments of contemporary Ukrainian society. In his writings, Dontsov called for the birth of a "new man" with "hot faith and stone heart" (гарячої віри й кам'яного серця) who would not be afraid to mercilessly destroy Ukraine's enemies. He believed in the sacredness of national culture and that it should be protected by any means necessary. His fiery exhortations had a profound influence on many of Ukraine's youth who experienced the oppression of their nation and who were disillusioned with democracy.
Although he did not become a member of the
Exile and legacy
In 1939, on the eve of the Soviet Invasion of Poland, Dontsov left Poland, living in Bucharest, Prague, Germany, Paris and the United States. In 1949, he moved to Montreal where he taught Ukrainian literature at the French-language Université de Montréal. In later years he became a devotee of theosophy.[7]
According to East Europe historian Timothy Snyder, Ukraine rejected Dontsov’s theory that it should be exclusively for and about people who spoke Ukrainian and shared Ukrainian culture. His brand of ethnic nationalism lost out in favor of the pluralistic form championed by Vyacheslav Lypynsky and Ivan L. Rudnytsky. [8]
Dontsov died in 1973 in Montreal, and is buried in Bound Brook, New Jersey.
References
- S2CID 144888682.
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- ^ JSTOR 1878147.
- ^ a b Oleh Bahan (29 July 2008). "A romantic in the era of pragmatism". The Day.
- ISSN 0305-5167.
- ^ Rudnytsky 1987, pp. 433–434.
- ^ a b Rudnytsky 1987, p. 433.
- ^ Snyder 2022, timecode 37:39-43:41.
Bibliography
- A romantic in the era of pragmatism (in English)
- Longing for the heroic - Dmytro Dontsov: a person of European spirit and Ukrainian mindset article by Dmytro Drozdovskyi (in English)
- Encyclopedia of Ukraine (in English)
- Dmytro Dontsov's life and examples of his work (in Ukrainian)
- Dmytro Dontsov: Die ukrainische Staatsidee und der Krieg gegen Russland., Berlin, 1915. (in German)
- Dontsov's view of Leninism (in Ukrainian)
- Belarusian translation of Dontsov's "Nationalism" (in Belarusian)
- Archives of Dmytro Dontsov (Dmytro Dontsov fonds, R6132) are held at Library and Archives Canada (in English)
- ISBN 0-920862-47-0. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
- Yale university). Event occurs at 37:39 – via YouTube.