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Title: Dilo (The Deed), Ukrainian daily, published in Lviv (Lwow) in interwar Poland, 1918-1939

Predominant Dates:1918 -- 1939

ID: RG-83/RG-83

Primary Creator: Dilo (the Deed), editorial board and contributors (1880 --1939)

Extent: 4.0 Boxes

Subjects: Dilo (the Deed), Ukrainian daily, 1880 --1939, Dmytro Levytsky (Lewytski), Ukrainian politician, chairman of the UNDO, Poland, interwar period, Documents in Ukrainian language, Eastern Galicia (European region), Eastern Galicia (Poland: Region), Eastern Galicia, history, Elections to Polish Sejm and Senate, 1928, 1930, 1935, Elections to Sejm and Senate of Poland, 1922, Geopolitical situation in Eastern Europe, 1918 -- 1923, History of Dilo as a Ukrainian national publication, 1879 -- 1922, Lviv (Ukraine), Lwow (Lviv), history, Lwow (Poland), Narratives in Ukrainian language, Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), periodicals, Ukrainian, Periodicals, Ukrainian, interwar Poland, Poland (1918--1939), Polish, Ukrainian and Jewish society of Eastern Galicia, 1918 --1939, Polish politics in the ethnic Ukrainian territories of Poland in the interwar period, Political and national conception of the re-opened Dilo, Dilo, September 1, 1922, Question of Eastern Galicia in the League of Nation, Dilo, September 1922, Re-opening of publication of Dilo after its closing on November 29, 1918, September 1, 1922, Relations between Ukrainian population of Eastern Galicia and Polish State, Stanislawow (Poland), The cause for Ukrainian University in Lviv (Lwow), The cause of Ukrainian education, Eastern Galicia, 1918 -- 1939, Ugoda, Jewish - Polish parliamentary rapprochement, July 1925, reflected by Dilo, Ukrainian - Jewish relations, 1918 --1939, Ukrainian - Jewish relations in Eastern Galicia, 1918 -- 1939, Ukrainian national aspirations, Ukrainian national aspirations in Eastern Galicia, 1918 --1923, Ukrainian National Council of the West Ukrainian National Republic, Ukrainian National Democratic Alliance (UNDO), approach to the situation of Jews in Eastern Galicia, Ukrainian National Democratic Alliance (UNDO), national-democratic party, interwar Poland, Ukrainian National Democratic Alliance (UNDO), political program, 1930s, Eastern Galicia, Poland, Ukrainian national narrative, interwar Poland, Ukrainian national narrative in East Galicia reflected by Dilo, 1918-1939, Ukrainian Parliamentary Representation, Polish Constituent Assembly, 1919 --1921, Ukrainian parliamentary representation in the Second Sejm and Senate, 1928 -- 1930, Poland, Ukrainian parliamentary representation in the Third Sejm and Senate, 1930 - 1935, Poland, Ukrainian parliamentary representation to the Fourth Polish sejm and senate, 1935 -- 1938, Ukrainian perception of Jewish political causation and motivations, Eastern Galicia, 1918 -- 1939, Ukrainian perception of Jews, Ukrainian political and cultural milieu in East Galicia, 1918 -- 1939, Ukrainian political spectrum in interwar Poland, Ukrainian public figures and politicians of Eastern Galicia, 1918 --1939, Ukrainian public society, national discourse, East Galicia, 1918 -- 1939, Ukrainian public society with regard to Polish state, East Galicia, national discourse, 1918-1939, Ukrainian social and political periodicals, 1918 --1941, Ukrainian unacceptance of Polish statehood, 1918-- 1923, Ukrainian vote in Parliamentary election in 1935 and in 1938, Eastern Galicia, Ukrainian – Polish War in Galicia, 1918 – 1919, Vasyl Mudryj, Ukrainian politician, member of Ukrainian parliamentary representation, Poland, West Ukrainian National Republic, 1918 -- 1923, West Ukrainian National Republic, politics with regard to national minorities, 1918 -- 1919, West Ukrainian National Republic, state building, 1918 --1919

Forms of Material: Eastern Galicia (Ukraine: Region)

Languages: Ukrainian

Abstract

Ukrainian newspaper published in Lviv in 1880 -- 1939

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Archival holdings reflect periodicals published in 1918 -- 1939 in Lviv, Eastern Galicia, Poland

Collection Historical Note

Dilo (The Deed). A leading Galician newspaper, the oldest and for many years the only Ukrainian daily. Dilo was published in Lviv from 1880 to 1939. At first it was a semiweekly (1880–2), then a triweekly (1883–7), and finally (from 1888) a daily paper. Its publication was interrupted during Russia's occupation of Galicia (1914–15) and during Poland's control of Lviv after the retreat of the Ukrainian forces (29 November 1918 to 1920). During the first interruption Dilo was published as a weekly for a brief period in Vienna. In 1920–3 its name and editors were changed in order to avoid suppression. In 1920 its name was changed to Ukraïns’ka dumka (Lviv) and Hromads’ka dumka and was edited by Fed Fedortsiv. In 1921 it was called Ukraïns’kyi vistnyk and Hromads'kyi vistnyk. Its editor was Mykhailo Strutynsky. In 1922 (as Svoboda) and 1923 (as Hromads’kyi vistnyk and from September again as Dilo) it was edited by Oleksa Kuzma. After the outbreak of the Second World War on 1 September 1939, three more issues were published. When the Red Army entered Lviv, Dilo was closed down.

From its inception Dilo propagated the ideology of the populist camp, then from 1899 the ideology of the National Democratic party, then of the Ukrainian Labor party (1919–23), and from 1925 the program of the Ukrainian National Democratic Alliance. Yet Dilo was not an official organ of these parties. It often criticized the practical policies of party leaders. As a national paper with its own independent viewpoint, Dilo often offered its pages to representatives of various parties. Almost every notable public figure or writer in Western Ukraine contributed to the paper. Dilo played an important role in the national life of Galicia and of the northwestern regions (Volhynia, Podlachia, Polisia, the Kholm region) in the interwar period. It shaped national democratic opinion and, more than any other newspaper, reflected the events that occurred in all Ukrainian territories. It remains one of the best sources of the history of Ukrainian political thought and life.

Biographical Note

Dilo (the Deed) was a leading periodical of Eastern Galicia. The first issue appeared on January 14, 1880. Dilo was an official publication of the Ukrainian National Democratic Party and then of the Ukrainian National Democratic Alliance, In the early of 1920s, due to the Polish censoring persecutions, the newspaper often was changing its title, such as Hromadskyj Holos (The Public Voice), Ukraiinska Dumka (the Ukrainian Thought), Ukraiinskyj Vistnyk (the Ukrainian Herlald), Hromadskyj Vistnyk (the Public Herald) and Svoboda (the Freedom).

The newspaper was published in Lviv in 1880 – 1939.

Over the time, the editor-in-chiefs were Vasyl Panejko, Fed’ Fedortsiv, Dmytro Levystskyj, O. Kuz’movych and others.

The last issue of Dilo appeared on September 6, 1939.

Subject/Index Terms

Dilo (the Deed), Ukrainian daily, 1880 --1939
Dmytro Levytsky (Lewytski), Ukrainian politician, chairman of the UNDO, Poland, interwar period
Documents in Ukrainian language
Eastern Galicia (European region)
Eastern Galicia (Poland: Region)
Eastern Galicia, history
Elections to Polish Sejm and Senate, 1928, 1930, 1935
Elections to Sejm and Senate of Poland, 1922
Geopolitical situation in Eastern Europe, 1918 -- 1923
History of Dilo as a Ukrainian national publication, 1879 -- 1922
Lviv (Ukraine)
Lwow (Lviv), history
Lwow (Poland)
Narratives in Ukrainian language
Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN)
periodicals, Ukrainian
Periodicals, Ukrainian, interwar Poland
Poland (1918--1939)
Polish, Ukrainian and Jewish society of Eastern Galicia, 1918 --1939
Polish politics in the ethnic Ukrainian territories of Poland in the interwar period
Political and national conception of the re-opened Dilo, Dilo, September 1, 1922
Question of Eastern Galicia in the League of Nation, Dilo, September 1922
Re-opening of publication of Dilo after its closing on November 29, 1918, September 1, 1922
Relations between Ukrainian population of Eastern Galicia and Polish State
Stanislawow (Poland)
The cause for Ukrainian University in Lviv (Lwow)
The cause of Ukrainian education, Eastern Galicia, 1918 -- 1939
Ugoda, Jewish - Polish parliamentary rapprochement, July 1925, reflected by Dilo
Ukrainian - Jewish relations, 1918 --1939
Ukrainian - Jewish relations in Eastern Galicia, 1918 -- 1939
Ukrainian national aspirations
Ukrainian national aspirations in Eastern Galicia, 1918 --1923
Ukrainian National Council of the West Ukrainian National Republic
Ukrainian National Democratic Alliance (UNDO), approach to the situation of Jews in Eastern Galicia
Ukrainian National Democratic Alliance (UNDO), national-democratic party, interwar Poland
Ukrainian National Democratic Alliance (UNDO), political program, 1930s, Eastern Galicia, Poland
Ukrainian national narrative, interwar Poland
Ukrainian national narrative in East Galicia reflected by Dilo, 1918-1939
Ukrainian Parliamentary Representation, Polish Constituent Assembly, 1919 --1921
Ukrainian parliamentary representation in the Second Sejm and Senate, 1928 -- 1930, Poland
Ukrainian parliamentary representation in the Third Sejm and Senate, 1930 - 1935, Poland
Ukrainian parliamentary representation to the Fourth Polish sejm and senate, 1935 -- 1938
Ukrainian perception of Jewish political causation and motivations, Eastern Galicia, 1918 -- 1939
Ukrainian perception of Jews
Ukrainian political and cultural milieu in East Galicia, 1918 -- 1939
Ukrainian political spectrum in interwar Poland
Ukrainian public figures and politicians of Eastern Galicia, 1918 --1939
Ukrainian public society, national discourse, East Galicia, 1918 -- 1939
Ukrainian public society with regard to Polish state, East Galicia, national discourse, 1918-1939
Ukrainian social and political periodicals, 1918 --1941
Ukrainian unacceptance of Polish statehood, 1918-- 1923
Ukrainian vote in Parliamentary election in 1935 and in 1938, Eastern Galicia
Ukrainian – Polish War in Galicia, 1918 – 1919
Vasyl Mudryj, Ukrainian politician, member of Ukrainian parliamentary representation, Poland
West Ukrainian National Republic, 1918 -- 1923
West Ukrainian National Republic, politics with regard to national minorities, 1918 -- 1919
West Ukrainian National Republic, state building, 1918 --1919

Box and Folder Listing

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 10: RG-83.10, Dilo (The Deed). Wednesday. January 16, 1924. No. 10

Dilo, Ukrainian daily, of national-democratic centrist ideology, published in Lviv, Eastern Galicia, 1918 -- 1939

Subject/Index Terms:: Dilo (the Deed), Ukrainian daily, 1880 --1939; Periodicals, Ukrainian, interwar Poland; Confiscated and stricken publications, Dilo, 1918 -- 1939; Reflections on publications in Polish periodicals, Dilo, 1918 -- 1939; Responses to publications in Polish periodicals, Dilo, 1918 -- 1939; Ukrainian national narrative in East Galicia reflected by Dilo, 1918-1939; Documents in Polish language

Creators:: Dilo (the Deed), editorial board and contributors (1880 --1939); Dilo, editorial board and contributors (1914 -- 1918); Dilo, newspaper, Ukrainian (1918 -- 1939)