From the manuscript of the priest Volodymyr (Valerian) Mykhailovych Georgievskyi (autobiography)

Abstract

A part of the handwritten insert to Sitsynskyi’s book “Historical information about parishes and churches of the Podilia eparchy. Kamianets county. ‒ Kamianets-Podilskyi 1895”, which is stored in the library of the Kamianets-Podilskyi State Historical Museum-Reserve, is published. This part of the manuscript concerns the life and activities of the priest, local historian, archaeologist, museum worker, rector of the Kamianets-Podilskyi Institute Volodymyr (Valerian) Mykhailovych Georgievskyi. Along with the description of his biography, it is found that the manuscript contains information about repressed representatives of the Podilian clergy. It also contains a number of interesting information about Podilian priests and parishioners. It is found that the author of the manuscript is V. M. Georgievskii, who was brought up in a priest’s family (his grandfather and father were priests). He was first convicted and served his sentence during the arrests of the Podilian clergy in the 1930s. In 1942, he returned to the town of Kamianets-Podilskyi and took an active part in the cultural life of the city. For cooperation with the Germans during the occupation of Kamianets-Podilskyi (1941‒1944), V. Georgievsky was repressed by the Soviet authorities for the second time. It is stated that the manuscript is an important source for researching the history of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine, genealogy of priestly families, repressions against the clergy, religious beliefs of Ukrainian society a hundred years ago.
Keywords: museum worker, priest, archaeologist, repression, village of Kadyivtsi, village of Chornokozintsi, village of Zaluchchia, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Volodymyr (Valerian) Georgievskyi