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The Apartment – Museum of the family of Ivan Franko has been opened in Kyiv
Ceremonial opening of the Apartment – Museum of the family of Ivan Franko took place in Kyiv on November 25, 2016, where the exhibition of the paintings of Taras Franko was presented.
The main objective of the Museum is to glorify courage, patriotism, love of freedom of Ivan Franko and his family. Life of Franko`s family serves an example of self-sacrificing attitude towards his people in whirl of everyday fight for the truth and justice.
This Museum establishment has been created in the building, where the family of Taras Franko was resettled by the Soviet government out of Lviv in 1949.
The whole family of Taras Ivanovych lived in this apartment. The daughter of Taras and sister of Roland – Dariia-Liubomyra – had been living here and maintaining it up to 2015.
The Museum consists of two halls, where the archive documents, photographs from the family archive are kept. There is a memorial room partially displaying the mode of life of the family of Taras Franko, items of the interior, documents and works of Tars, Zinovii, Dariia and Roland Franko. The exposition dedicated to the children of Ivan Franko: Adnrii, Petro, Taras and Anna, whose life is also associated with Kyiv, is represented, as well.
It shall be noted that the Museum has been established upon the initiative of the grandson of Ivan Franko, Roland, and Ivan Franko International Prize participated as the organizer of the event.
Extraordinary Franko`s family
The children of Franko are prominent figures. Taras is a Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics and translator, the enthusiast of sport development in Halychyna area, educationist, journalist, inventor and artist. Petro is an educationist, writer, scientist-chemist, founder of the sport society “Ukraine”, co-founder of “Plast”. Anna is an vigorous social activist, an activist of the Red Cross.
Franko`s family was not only the first humanitarians, but also the athletes. There are not many those who know that Franko`s children have been the founders of sport clubs. They were the first, who published the book on the Swedish drill – physical drill – in Ukrainian, told Ihor Kurus.
The grandchildren of Ivan Franko, children of Taras, continued the honoured traditions of their family. Zinoviia-Rostyslava, the Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics, social activist, openly supported the arrested Sixtiers, what resulted into repressions against her by the Soviet government. Daria-Liubomyra is also a Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics, “the guardian” of the heritage of Franko’s family. Roland-Oleksandr is a Doctor of Technical Science, has 50 scientific papers and inventions.
Owing to his standing, Ukraine has obtained a pole station on the Northern Pole named after Academician Vernadskyi (former name, after Faraday) from Great Britain on a free basis. At present, Roland is the Head of the Board of Ivan Franko International Prize, the initiator of the international prize named after Ivan Franko (which, by the way, was awarded to Liubomyr Huzar the previous year).
About the Apartment – Museum
It is a common apartment in Kyiv, but without denying, it is located in the very centre, near the Opera House. High ceilings, wide corridors, spacious rooms. No repair, stylish repair or at least a simple one, has been made. Indeed, it is not eclectic palaces of Yanukovyches-Pshonkas, but there are much more content in those walls.
The exposition is placed in two rooms. There are pictures on the walls, particularly of the brush of Taras Farnko. He made many illustrations to his father’s works. He also made the portrait of Ivan Yanovych. All signatures in the pictures are original, written with hands of the painter himself.
There are stands with books, documents, photographs, typed works and letters along the walls. There is also a work table of Taras Ivanovych and a typewriter “Continental”. It is not the original one, but the very one ordered in Poland at that time, about which the Museum administrators have found out from the letter of Taras to his sister.
An original photograph, where young Petro and Taras Franko are among the Society “Sokil”, a photograph of the marriage of Taras to Kateryna Franko-Falkevych, are among the other exhibits of the Museum. An original book “The First Ukrainian Practical Cuisine” by Olha Franko, typed but unpublished work “The Teacher” by Anna Franko are presented there, as well.
All furniture of the Museum is original, of the time period of Ivan and Taras Farnko. Some of them have been brought by Taras from Lviv.
Actually, it is not all interesting things in the Museum. But it is better to touch the history personally.
About the future
Apartment – Museum will open for the visitors next week. According to Ihor Kurus, visitors will enter by small groups since the premises belong to the housing fund of the city, thus, there are some features in visiting the museum.
However, ideas and activity of the researches of Franko’s life do not stop at this atage.
“We hope that the dream of Roland Tarasovych about installation of the full-size monument to Franco in Kyiv will come true, especially with such a great museum”, – hopes Ihor Kurus.
We would like to note that the Apartment-Museum was sanctified by Archbishop Drohobytskyi and Yakiv Sambirskyi, with whom Diocesan Administration Secretary Archpriest Andrii Bezushko concelebrated.
The Apartment – Museum of the family of Ivan Franko has been opened in Kyiv
Ceremonial opening of the Apartment – Museum of the family of Ivan Franko took place in Kyiv on November 25, 2016, where the exhibition of the paintings of Taras Franko was presented.
The main objective of the Museum is to glorify courage, patriotism, love of freedom of Ivan Franko and his family. Life of Franko`s family serves an example of self-sacrificing attitude towards his people in whirl of everyday fight for the truth and justice.
This Museum establishment has been created in the building, where the family of Taras Franko was resettled by the Soviet government out of Lviv in 1949.
The whole family of Taras Ivanovych lived in this apartment. The daughter of Taras and sister of Roland – Dariia-Liubomyra – had been living here and maintaining it up to 2015.
The Museum consists of two halls, where the archive documents, photographs from the family archive are kept. There is a memorial room partially displaying the mode of life of the family of Taras Franko, items of the interior, documents and works of Tars, Zinovii, Dariia and Roland Franko. The exposition dedicated to the children of Ivan Franko: Adnrii, Petro, Taras and Anna, whose life is also associated with Kyiv, is represented, as well.
It shall be noted that the Museum has been established upon the initiative of the grandson of Ivan Franko, Roland, and Ivan Franko International Prize participated as the organizer of the event.
Extraordinary Franko`s family
The children of Franko are prominent figures. Taras is a Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics and translator, the enthusiast of sport development in Halychyna area, educationist, journalist, inventor and artist. Petro is an educationist, writer, scientist-chemist, founder of the sport society “Ukraine”, co-founder of “Plast”. Anna is an vigorous social activist, an activist of the Red Cross.
Franko`s family was not only the first humanitarians, but also the athletes. There are not many those who know that Franko`s children have been the founders of sport clubs. They were the first, who published the book on the Swedish drill – physical drill – in Ukrainian, told Ihor Kurus.
The grandchildren of Ivan Franko, children of Taras, continued the honoured traditions of their family. Zinoviia-Rostyslava, the Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics, social activist, openly supported the arrested Sixtiers, what resulted into repressions against her by the Soviet government. Daria-Liubomyra is also a Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics, “the guardian” of the heritage of Franko’s family. Roland-Oleksandr is a Doctor of Technical Science, has 50 scientific papers and inventions.
Owing to his standing, Ukraine has obtained a pole station on the Northern Pole named after Academician Vernadskyi (former name, after Faraday) from Great Britain on a free basis. At present, Roland is the Head of the Board of Ivan Franko International Prize, the initiator of the international prize named after Ivan Franko (which, by the way, was awarded to Liubomyr Huzar the previous year).
About the Apartment – Museum
It is a common apartment in Kyiv, but without denying, it is located in the very centre, near the Opera House. High ceilings, wide corridors, spacious rooms. No repair, stylish repair or at least a simple one, has been made. Indeed, it is not eclectic palaces of Yanukovyches-Pshonkas, but there are much more content in those walls.
The exposition is placed in two rooms. There are pictures on the walls, particularly of the brush of Taras Farnko. He made many illustrations to his father’s works. He also made the portrait of Ivan Yanovych. All signatures in the pictures are original, written with hands of the painter himself.
There are stands with books, documents, photographs, typed works and letters along the walls. There is also a work table of Taras Ivanovych and a typewriter “Continental”. It is not the original one, but the very one ordered in Poland at that time, about which the Museum administrators have found out from the letter of Taras to his sister.
An original photograph, where young Petro and Taras Franko are among the Society “Sokil”, a photograph of the marriage of Taras to Kateryna Franko-Falkevych, are among the other exhibits of the Museum. An original book “The First Ukrainian Practical Cuisine” by Olha Franko, typed but unpublished work “The Teacher” by Anna Franko are presented there, as well.
All furniture of the Museum is original, of the time period of Ivan and Taras Farnko. Some of them have been brought by Taras from Lviv.
Actually, it is not all interesting things in the Museum. But it is better to touch the history personally.
About the future
Apartment – Museum will open for the visitors next week. According to Ihor Kurus, visitors will enter by small groups since the premises belong to the housing fund of the city, thus, there are some features in visiting the museum.
However, ideas and activity of the researches of Franko’s life do not stop at this atage.
“We hope that the dream of Roland Tarasovych about installation of the full-size monument to Franco in Kyiv will come true, especially with such a great museum”, – hopes Ihor Kurus.
We would like to note that the Apartment-Museum was sanctified by Archbishop Drohobytskyi and Yakiv Sambirskyi, with whom Diocesan Administration Secretary Archpriest Andrii Bezushko concelebrated.
Lecture of the winner of Ivan Franko International Prize in Chernivtsi National University
On Thursday, November 17, 2016 the Red Hall of Chernivtsi National University named after Yuriy Fedkovych was the place of lecture by the monograph of His Beatitude Lubomyr Husar – “Andrey Sheptytsky Galician Metropolitan (1901-1944), a forerunner of ecumenism”, as winner of Ivan Franko International Prize.
By the will of His Beatitude Cardinal and Archbishop Emeritus Lubomyr, the lecture was delivered by the Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Director of the Institute of Ethnology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Professor, Head of the Faculty of the International Information of the Institute of Applied Mathematics and Basic Sciences of the National University “Lviv Polytechnic”, Stepan Pavliuk.
The event was also attended by Director of Ivan Franko International Fund, Ihor Kurus and Doctor of Philology, Professor of the Faculty of Philology, writer Boris Bunchuk.
Ihor Kurus thanked Chernivtsi National University named after Yuriy Fedkovych, headed by Rector Stepan Melnychuk, for cooperation and support of the Prize. He also informed that starting from January 15 of next year the Fund will accept papers for Ivan Franko International Prize 2017.
In its speech the academician Stepan Pavliuk outlined the main theses of work of His Beatitude Lubomyr Husar. In particular, he emphasized that the main idea of the monograph is a unity: “implementation of ecumenical idea is impossible without unity in society and convergence of Christian Churches in Ukraine, at least social movement for its implementation could be a core component of a successful path to statehood,” stated the speaker.
Solemn academia was held in the fifth central building of the university, where student Ivan Franko trod 125 years ago.
A lecture of the Laureate of Ivan Franko International Prize took place
A lecture of the Laureate of Ivan Franko International Prize took place at the University of Banking of the National Bank of Ukraine on November 03, 2016. Since Lubomyr Huzar could not arrive to the event due to his health condition, an academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Director of the National Academy of
Sciences of Ukraine, Professor, Head of the International Institute of Applied Mathematics and Basic Sciences, National University “Lviv Polytechnic” Stepan Pavliuk, read the lecture at will of the Blessed.
Recall that according to the PROVISION on Ivan Franko International Prize, within six months after being awarded the Prize, winner shall deliver a lecture – a popular presentation of the contents of the research paper, which was awarded the Prize.
The first winner of the Prize in 2016, i.e., became Archbishop-Emeritus and of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Cardinal of the Catholic Church His Beatitude Lubomyr Husar in nomination “For significant personal contribution to the development of social and humanitarian sciences” for the monograph “Andrey Sheptytsky Galician Metropolitan (1901-1944), a forerunner of ecumenism”.
The Members of Ivan Franko Fund convinced that the Рrize in his name will be popular in the world
Ivan Franko International Prize will soon gain a high status and will have a financial component being not less substantial allowing it to range on a par with the Nobel Prize.
Ihor Kurus, the Director of Ivan Franko International Fund, expressed such an opinion during the press conference at Ukrinform on Friday.
“The Nobel Prize has not become so popular and desirable at once as it is nowadays. Though, it is clear that it has had a financial basis for building the monetary fund. Franko Prize has also some certain basis though not as great as the Nobel’s one. It may be explained by the fact that there are no nuclear weapon designers and famous chemists among our founders but only humanity scientists. However, in some time, approximately in 5 years, in 10 years we will raise our monetary fund and it will become much bigger. We pursue the prize bund be not less than the Nobel’s one. If we achieve this in 50 years, but not in 100 it also will be a success”, replied Kurus to the questions of the agency correspondent.
At the same time he emphasised that during the first year of the prize existence they managed to break the wall of disbelief among the Western scientists and the process moved off – more and more people are talking about it every year and it will become more prestigious and consequently the prize fund will be raised.
“It is important for us that a wider range of scientists being the opinion shapers in their countries become supporters of the Prize. They will go to their universities and tell their colleagues about our discussions. Thus, the information about Ukraine will spark the interest of more people and tomorrow they will set sights on the events in Ukraine – not through the prism of the Maidans, the Chornobyl tragedy or a football player Shevchenko, but through the prism of Franko and science of Ukraine,” noted Kurus.
He also added that Franko Fund is spreading the information on the Prize what made it possible to build cooperation with several influential universities from Canada. The Fund also has got the support of the World Congress of Ukrainians being a promoter of the Ukrainian Studies in the world.
“Now it is a time when we are going to send the letters to all the universities in the world, as in the previous year. The previous year we managed to involve the Members from Japan up to Canada to the Nominee Committee. The Committee Members and experts of the International Board will also popularize the Prize and we will get works from these countries, as well. We, as the scientists, will manage to break ice of lie on Ukraine being spread by Russia today,” emphasises the Director of the Fund.
Volodymyr Buhrov, the Member of the Board of the Fund, the Vice-Rector of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, added: “Trust is very important in any case associated with the science. It is based on following some procedures. We have a sort of a sifter in the Prize allowing the most dignified people to reach the capstone – as in the example of the Nobel Committee. Obviously, it is a time consuming process but the highest criteria shall be established at the very beginning”.
Ivan Franko Fund has announced the beginning of acceptance of works claiming to win the International Prize
The acceptance of works claiming to win Ivan Franko International Prize will begin on the January 15, 2017. Today the directors of Ivan Franko International Fund have announced it during the press conference.
The International Fund will accept the works claiming to win the Prize starting from January 15, 2017. The acceptance of Scientific Works and related documents will continue till March 01, 2017.
6 nominees for the Prize, 3 in each nomination, will be determined at the beginning of May 2017. The laureates of Ivan Franko International Prize will be announced by the International Jury holding a meeting in Vienna (Austria) at the end of June.
The Prize is awarded annually on the 27th of August, on birthday of Ivan Yanovych Franko, in two nominations: “For a significant contribution in the field of Ukrainian Studies” and “For a significant contribution in the field of social and humanitarian sciences.”
Roland Franko, the Head of the Board of the Fund noted: “the Fund makes everything possible to provide a high level of competition and a doubtless winner of the Prize. That is why all the necessary procedures are open and with use of the best international experience. Our goal is to popularize the activity of Ivan Franko and encourage scientists from different countries of the world to hold active researches in the field of social sciences and Ukrainian Studies. Ivan Franko International Prize has to become a bridge of acknowledgement of Ukrainian science and culture. Since Ivan Franko is the best frontman of promotion of a positive image on Ukraine in the world”.
Ihor Kurus, the Director of Ivan Franko International Fun, has announced that the prize fund will amount to 500,000.00 hryvnias in 2017 and marked that apart from a monetary award the Laureates will be awarded with the diploma and a memorable Golden Mark of the Laureate (medal).
The Director of the Fund has also emphasised that academic institutions, higher educational establishments of Ukraine and of the world having diplomatic relationships with Ukraine, as well as the Prize Laureates of the previous years may submit the scientists’ works for the Prize.
The Board Member of the Fund, Vice-Rector of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Volodymyr Buhrov, has familiarised the journalists with the requirements for acceptance of the works claiming to win the Prize and drawn their attention to the fact that the nominees` works shall have ISBN. And the information about the author and extended abstract to the scientific work being submitted for the Prize shall be written in Ukrainian and English.
You may familiarize with the list of documents and provisions on the Prize on the web-site of the Foundation: www.frankoprize.com.ua. Works for the award should be sent to the address: 01030, Volodymyrsʹka street, 48a, room 15, Kyiv, Ukraine or frankofund@ukr.net.
Recall that the first winner of the Prize in 2016, i.e., became Archbishop-Emeritus and of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Cardinal of the Catholic Church His Beatitude Lubomyr Husar in nomination “For significant personal contribution to the development of social and humanitarian sciences” for the monograph “Andrey Sheptytsky Galician Metropolitan (1901-1944), a forerunner of ecumenism”.
The meeting of the Management Board of Ivan Franko International Fund
On October 22, 2016, the meeting of the Management Board of Ivan Franko International Fund has been in Lviv.
The Board of Ivan Franko International Fund approved the Schedule for 2017, and amended the Provision of the Prize.
The event was attended: Igor Kurus, director of the Foundation; Woldan Aloiis, Professor of the University of Vienna, Director of the Institute of Slavic Studies (Austria); Roman Mnykh, Professor of Natural Humanities University in Siedlce, Deputy Director of the Institute of Neolinguistics (Republic of Poland); Yaroslav Harasym, Doctor of Philology, professor, vice-rector of Ivan Franko Lviv National University; Borys Bunchuk, Doctor of Philology, Professor of Yu. Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University; Volodymyr Antofiichuk, Doctor of Philology, Professor of Yu. Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University; Mykhailo Shalata, Candidate of Philological Sciences, Professor of Drohobych University; Yevhen Nakhlik, Doctor of Philology, professor, Director of Ivan Franko Institute of the NAS of Ukraine; Tamara Smovzhenko, Professor, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Chairman of the Lviv Society in Kyiv.
Director of Ivan Franko International Fund gave a speech at the International Scientific Congress
On September 22, 2016, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv launched the International Scientific Congress: “Ivan Franko: I am the prologue … “(to the 160th anniversary of the birth).
The event was attended by the Chairman of the Management Board of Ivan Franko International Fund – Roland Franko and Director of the Fund – Ihor Kurus.
Within the speech Ihor Kurus represented to the participants the Ivan Franko International Prize.
He told about the first winner of the Prize in 2016, i.e., His Beatitude Lubomyr Husar.
He presented the schedule of Prize in 2017, and highlighted the projects planned by the Fund for implementation in 2017. In particular, they include the erection of full-length monument to Ivan Franko in the capital of Ukraine and creation of memorial flat of the Franko’s family in Kyiv.
Management of Ivan Franko Fund took part in the International Scientific Congress
On September 22, 2016, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv launched the International Scientific Congress: “Ivan Franko: I am the prologue … “(to the 160th anniversary of the birth).
In his welcoming speech Roland Franko, the Chairman of the Management Board of Ivan Franko International Fund, thanked all the scientists studying scientific masterpieces of Ivan Franko and gradually removing dust of Sovietism and ideology away from the image of the Great scientist.
“We have to remember and tell the truth to the world about the scientific achievements of Franko, being forgotten and not explored in the museum archives. His works include the doctrine of transformation of Ukraine in wealthy, strong and prosperous country”, as Roland Franko emphasized.
The grandson of Great Kamenyar also informed the scientists about establishment of Ivan Franko International Fund, start of Ivan Franko Prize, covering all social and humanitarian knowledge.
At the end of his speech Roland Franko expressed his sincere gratitude to the management of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv for the day-to-day activities focused on the education of youth for development of Ukraine.
“Hopefully, thanks to your students, I will manage to see Ukraine, described by Franko” and “yet the time will come and, radiant shining, you’ll shake the Caucasus; one of the free nations, with the Carpathians as your girdle twining. You’ll set the mighty sound of freedom racing over the Black Sea, free-holder, well-seated, in your own house, in your own fields’ broad spaces!” said the Chairman of the Management Board of Ivan Franko International Fund.
