The Nikitin’s family in the history of the formation of the ascetic movement of Ukraine in the first half of the ХХ century

Abstract

The article analyzes social, educational and cultural activities of the Nikitin’s family members. The article pays special attention to ascetic efforts in the field of national and cultural awakening of the local population of Ukraine, in particular, in the city of Yelisavetgrad (now Kropіvnіtsky) first half of the XX century V. Nikitina. V. Nikitin collaborated with such prominent representatives of the Ukrainian intelligentsia of that period as M. Kropyvnytsky, M. Sadovsky, M. Zankovetska, Y. Tobilevych, P. Saksagansky, M. Levitsky, P. Mykhalevych, S. Yefremov and others. Especially friendly relations in V. Nikitna formed with M. Kropyvnytsky, who repeatedly visited V. Nikitin while in Yelisavetgrad. V. Nikitin was a staunch patriot of Ukraine, for which in 1930 he arrested and sentenced to three years.

V. Nikitin’s children – F. Nikitin, Yu. Nikitin and T. Nikitina-Stanislavskaya, which all in the spirit of love for Ukraine, also embarked on the path of ascetic activity. For his pro-Ukrainian public activities, F. Nikitin in 1930 and Yu. Nikitin in 1938 arrested and sent to camps. Unfortunately, Yu. Nikitin did not endure the inhumane conditions of the North-Eastern camp of the Magadan region and died in 1940 at the age of 35.

The author states that the Nikitin’s family played an important role in the ascetic movement of Ukraine in the first half of the ХХ century and occupies a prominent place in the patriotic struggle for Ukrainian statehood.