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'''George Yurii Shevelov''' ({{lang-ua|Шевельов Юрій Володимирович}}). (pseud: Yurii Sherekh), (December 17, 1908, ] - April 12, 2002, ]) - slavic linguist, philologist, essayist, literary historian, and literary critic.
'''George Yurii Shevelov''' (pseud: Yurii Sherekh), (December 17, 1908, ] - April 12, 2002, ]) - slavic linguist, philologist, essayist, literary historian, and literary critic. Shevelov's work made fundamental contributions to the history of the ] and ] languages. He was a full member of the ] since 1949 and of the ] since 1945. After studying under ] at ] (candidate 1939) he lectured there in Slavic linguistics (1939-43). Having emigrated to ], he taught at the ] in Munich (1946-9) and obtained a doctorate there (1949). He was also vice-president of the MUR literary association (1945-9). After settling in the United States he served as lecturer in Russian and Ukrainian at ] (1952-4), associate professor (1954-8) and professor of Slavic philology at ] (1958-77), and president of the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences (1959-61, 1981-6). He was a founding member of the ]. Shevelov was elected an international member of the ] and was an honorary doctor of the ], ], ] and of ].<ref></ref><ref></ref><ref></ref><ref></ref>

== Biography ==
===Early life===
Yurii Shneider born in the ], Poland then part of the ] , some source also indicate ] as his place of birth. His father, Vladimir Karlovich Shneider was the high ranked Russian Emperor Army officer – he command regiment and later brigade and was a general-major. His father was ethnic German as also his mother -Varvara Meder, which originated from noble Moscow family. When Russian in 1914 declared war to German Empire his father –fervent Russian monarchist - decide to change family Germans names into a Russians one. Shneider’s family choose Shevelov, while his father also change “Karlovich” to “Yuryevich”. Such changes require personal appeal to Russian Emperor and was endorsed by ] in 1916. During war time Yurii and his mother moved to Kharkov.
At the beginning of the 1918 Shevelov’s father missed in action (presumably killed). In Kharkiv attended the E.Druzhkova Private School, then at 3rd State boys Gimnasium, than at 7th working school ({{lang-ua|7у трудову школу}}).
===Soviet Ukraine===
In 1925 he graduate First Kahrkivska trade-industrial trade union school ({{lang-ua|Першу харківську торговельну промислову профспілкову школу}}. 1925-1927 Yurii work as statistician, archive keeper of South Chemical Trust. In 1927-1931 he attend literature-linguistic branch of the Kharkiv’s peoples education Institute. From August 1931 he works as a Ukrainian language teacher at school. From 1932 till 1938 he works as Ukrainian language teacher at the Ukrainian communist newspaper technical school ({{lang-ua|Українського комуністичного газетного технікуму}}). From 1933 till 1939 he also work as a Ukrainian language teacher at the Ukrainian communist Institute of the journalism. From September 1936 he became a postgraduate student at the ] chair. In 1939 he works as a history of the Ukrainian language and literature teacher. From November 1939 he is an assistant professor and deputy chair of the philology branch at Kharkiv pedagogical Institute. In 1941 he became a research fellow at the Linguistic Institute of the ]. Same year he recruited as ] informer. <ref> Шевельов (Шерех), Ю.В. “Я – мене – мені…(і довкруги).”: Спогади. – Х.; Нью-Йорк: Вид-во М.П.Коць, 2001. – Т.1. p 8- 290 </ref> <ref> Боґуміла Бердиховська. Україна: люди і книжки . КІС, 2009. p 167-169 </ref>
===At Nazi controlled territory===
He hide from draft to ] and voluntary stay at city while evacuation taken place. When ] troops entered Kharkiv at 25 October 1941 he warmly greeted them. In December 1941 he join as columnist “New Ukraine” newspaper established by Nazi propaganda detachment and partially controlled by ] followers which arrives to Kharkiv soon after Germans. <ref> А. В. Скоробогатов Харків у часи німецької окупації (1941—1943). — Харків: Прапор, 2006. — ISBN 966-7880-79-6 </ref> Later he also join another “newspaper ” “Ukrainian Sowing” ({{lang-ua|»Український засів»}}. Both were full of anti-Semitic texts and praising “new order” established Adolf Hitler.<ref> Матеріали міжнародної науково практичної конференції "Пропаганда та "єврейське питання" в ЗМІ на окупованій нацистами території України, 1941—1944" //Наукові записки: Збірник. — К.: Ін т політ. І етнонаціональних досліджень ім. І.Ф. Кураса НАН України, 2006. — Вип. 31 ISBN 966-02-4118-6</ref> During winter 1941-spring 1942 Nazi shoot almost all Kharkiv’s Jews and provoke artificial famine. More then 13 thousands of Kharkiv citizens were starved to death – amongst them one member of the Academy of Sciences (A.Beketov) and more then 50 professors, assistant professors and lecturers from Kharkov’s Institutes which refuse to collaborate with Nazis. <ref> Український історичний Журнал ИИ НАН України №9 p.13-28 1993 ISSN 0130-5247</ref> From April 1942 Shevelov worked at city administration at administrative department and also cooperate with established by ] members educational organization ]. In summer 1942 he refuse to please for help of one of his former student ] which as Soviet POW detained at Nazi Death Camp at Kharkov<ref> Гончар Олесь. Катарсис. — К.: Український світ, 2000 </ref>. Luckily, Honchar able to escape death and after war became a famous Ukrainian writer and influential public figure. <ref> http://www.ukrposhta.com/www/bulletin.nsf/0/C91830429EF355D3C22574280042C01B?OpenDocument </ref>
Shevelov and his mother fled Kharkov together with retreated Nazi administration facing Red Army advance in February 1943. He stay at ] were he continued to work at Nazi established commissions (including creation of “new Ukrainian grammar”) till spring 1944, when Nazi again retreated further West. Shevelov with assistance of the ] also moved to Poland (Crynytsya) and then to Slovakia, then Austria and finally to ] were he work for different Nazi controlled authorities and institutions.
===In Europe===
After fall of Nazi Germany he work at émigré newspaper “Chas” (“Time”) but don’t use own name – to avoid identification and repatriation to the Soviet Union. From 1946 he joined émigré “Ukrainian Free University” at Munich and obtained a doctorate there (1949). He was also vice-president of the MUR ({{lang-ua|Мистецький український рух}} literary association (1945-49). Afraid of possible repatriation to Soviet Union he moved to neutral Sweden were he work in 1950-52 as Russian language lecturer at ].
===In USA===
In 1952 together with mother he emigrated to USA. After settling in the United States he served as lecturer in Russian and Ukrainian at ] (1952-4), associate professor (1954-8) and professor of Slavic philology at ] (1958-77). He was amongst the founders and president of the émigré scholar organization “Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences” (1959-61, 1981-86) was an honorary doctor of the ] (1983) and ] (1984). <ref></ref> <ref></ref> He was a founding member of the ] and write for numerous émigré bulletins and magazines.
===In independent Ukraine===
Shevelov was almost unknown at Ukraine since his retreat with Nazi in 1943. In 1990 he first time after a long absence visit Ukraine - as elected an international member of the ]. In 1999 he became honorary doctor of the ] and of ]. <ref></ref><ref></ref>
In 2001 he published 2 volume of his memoirs “Я – мене – мені…(і довкруги).”: Спогади.
He died in 2002 at New York hospital.
==Scholar contribution==
He prepared and published more then 600 scholar text concerning different aspects of the philology of Ukrainian and some other Slavic languages. From 1943 he develop conception of the distinct establishment and developing of Ukrainian and, later, Byelorussian languages - an opposite to generally accepted versions at Ukraine and Byelorussia of the languages common origin and background. Such approaches receive an awesome support at émigré scholar organizations and some western institution but were strongly rejected at the National Academy of Science level of both Slavic countries before 1990s. At Ukraine during early 1990s Shevelov conceptions found some supporters – even he enrolled in to the Commission for new Ukrainian grammar established in 1992– but in general gain minimum scholars support and soon ideas for “new Ukrainian grammar” was postponed till later times.
==Bibliography==
*"Головні правила українського правопису" (Nue Ulm, 1946),
*"До генези називного речення" (Munich, 1947),
*"Галичина в формуванні нової української літературної мови" (Munich, 1949),
*"Сучасна українська літературна мова" (Munich, 1949),
*"Нарис сучасної української літературної мови" (Munich, 1951),
*"Всеволод Ганцов – Олена Курило" (Winnipeg , 1954),
*"A Reader іn the Hіstory of the Eastern Slavіc" (New-York 1958, співав.),
*"The Syntax of Modern Lіterary Ukraіnіan" (1963),
*"Не для дітей. Літературно-критичні статті і есеї" (New-York, 1964),
*"A Prehіstory of Slavіc: The Hіstorіcal Phonology of Common Slavіc" (1964, Heidelberg; 1965, New-York),
*"Dіe ukraіnіsche Schrіftsprache 1798 – 1965" (Wiesbaden, 1966),
*"Teasers and Appeasers" (1971),
*"Друга черга: Література. Театр. Ідеології" (1978),
*"A Hіstorіcal Phonology of the Ukraіnіan Language" (1979» «Історична фонологія української мови», перекл. укр., 2002),
*"Українська мова в першій половині двадцятого століття(1900 – 1941): Стан і статус" (1987) and many other.


==Notes== ==Notes==
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==Literature== ==Book references==
* Шевельов (Шерех), Ю.В. “Я – мене – мені…(і довкруги).”: Спогади. – Х.; Нью-Йорк: Вид-во М.П.Коць, 2001. – Т.1.
* Wolodymyr T. Zyla. George Y. Shevelov: His contribution to the prehistory of Slavic. Nationalities Papers, 1465-3923, Volume 4, Issue 2, 1976, Pages 113 – 123

*Боґуміла Бердиховська. Україна: люди і книжки / Переклад з польської Тетяна Довжок. КІС, 2009. p 167-178
*А. В. Скоробогатов Харків у часи німецької окупації (1941—1943). — Харків: Прапор, 2006. — ISBN 966-7880-79-6




==External links== ==External links==
* [http://www.maidan.org.ua/history/kharkiv/yuri_sheveliov/Rieger_Hnatiuk.htm Rieger J., Hnatiuk A. Jurij Szewelow (George Y. Shevelov, Jurij Szerech)1908–2002 // Slavia Orientalis. –
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George Yurii Shevelov
File:Sheveliov Yurij.jpg
Born(1908-12-17)17 December 1908
Łomża, Russian Empire
Died12 April 2002(2002-04-12) (aged 93)
New York, USA
OccupationSlavic linguist

George Yurii Shevelov (Template:Lang-ua). (pseud: Yurii Sherekh), (December 17, 1908, Łomża - April 12, 2002, New York) - slavic linguist, philologist, essayist, literary historian, and literary critic.

Biography

Early life

Yurii Shneider born in the Łomża, Poland then part of the Russian Empire , some source also indicate Kahrkov as his place of birth. His father, Vladimir Karlovich Shneider was the high ranked Russian Emperor Army officer – he command regiment and later brigade and was a general-major. His father was ethnic German as also his mother -Varvara Meder, which originated from noble Moscow family. When Russian in 1914 declared war to German Empire his father –fervent Russian monarchist - decide to change family Germans names into a Russians one. Shneider’s family choose Shevelov, while his father also change “Karlovich” to “Yuryevich”. Such changes require personal appeal to Russian Emperor and was endorsed by Nikolay II in 1916. During war time Yurii and his mother moved to Kharkov. At the beginning of the 1918 Shevelov’s father missed in action (presumably killed). In Kharkiv attended the E.Druzhkova Private School, then at 3rd State boys Gimnasium, than at 7th working school (Template:Lang-ua).

Soviet Ukraine

In 1925 he graduate First Kahrkivska trade-industrial trade union school (Template:Lang-ua. 1925-1927 Yurii work as statistician, archive keeper of South Chemical Trust. In 1927-1931 he attend literature-linguistic branch of the Kharkiv’s peoples education Institute. From August 1931 he works as a Ukrainian language teacher at school. From 1932 till 1938 he works as Ukrainian language teacher at the Ukrainian communist newspaper technical school (Template:Lang-ua). From 1933 till 1939 he also work as a Ukrainian language teacher at the Ukrainian communist Institute of the journalism. From September 1936 he became a postgraduate student at the Leonid Bulakhovsky chair. In 1939 he works as a history of the Ukrainian language and literature teacher. From November 1939 he is an assistant professor and deputy chair of the philology branch at Kharkiv pedagogical Institute. In 1941 he became a research fellow at the Linguistic Institute of the Academy of Science of the Ukrainian SSR. Same year he recruited as NKVD informer.

At Nazi controlled territory

He hide from draft to Red Army and voluntary stay at city while evacuation taken place. When Wehrmacht troops entered Kharkiv at 25 October 1941 he warmly greeted them. In December 1941 he join as columnist “New Ukraine” newspaper established by Nazi propaganda detachment and partially controlled by OUN followers which arrives to Kharkiv soon after Germans. Later he also join another “newspaper ” “Ukrainian Sowing” (Template:Lang-ua. Both were full of anti-Semitic texts and praising “new order” established Adolf Hitler. During winter 1941-spring 1942 Nazi shoot almost all Kharkiv’s Jews and provoke artificial famine. More then 13 thousands of Kharkiv citizens were starved to death – amongst them one member of the Academy of Sciences (A.Beketov) and more then 50 professors, assistant professors and lecturers from Kharkov’s Institutes which refuse to collaborate with Nazis. From April 1942 Shevelov worked at city administration at administrative department and also cooperate with established by OUN members educational organization “Prosvita”. In summer 1942 he refuse to please for help of one of his former student Oles Honchar which as Soviet POW detained at Nazi Death Camp at Kharkov. Luckily, Honchar able to escape death and after war became a famous Ukrainian writer and influential public figure. Shevelov and his mother fled Kharkov together with retreated Nazi administration facing Red Army advance in February 1943. He stay at Lemberg were he continued to work at Nazi established commissions (including creation of “new Ukrainian grammar”) till spring 1944, when Nazi again retreated further West. Shevelov with assistance of the Ukrainian Central Committee also moved to Poland (Crynytsya) and then to Slovakia, then Austria and finally to Saxony were he work for different Nazi controlled authorities and institutions.

In Europe

After fall of Nazi Germany he work at émigré newspaper “Chas” (“Time”) but don’t use own name – to avoid identification and repatriation to the Soviet Union. From 1946 he joined émigré “Ukrainian Free University” at Munich and obtained a doctorate there (1949). He was also vice-president of the MUR (Template:Lang-ua literary association (1945-49). Afraid of possible repatriation to Soviet Union he moved to neutral Sweden were he work in 1950-52 as Russian language lecturer at Lund University.

In USA

In 1952 together with mother he emigrated to USA. After settling in the United States he served as lecturer in Russian and Ukrainian at Harvard University (1952-4), associate professor (1954-8) and professor of Slavic philology at Columbia University (1958-77). He was amongst the founders and president of the émigré scholar organization “Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences” (1959-61, 1981-86) was an honorary doctor of the University of Alberta (1983) and Lund University (1984). He was a founding member of the Slovo Association of Ukrainian Writers in Exile and write for numerous émigré bulletins and magazines.

In independent Ukraine

Shevelov was almost unknown at Ukraine since his retreat with Nazi in 1943. In 1990 he first time after a long absence visit Ukraine - as elected an international member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. In 1999 he became honorary doctor of the Kharkiv University and of National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. In 2001 he published 2 volume of his memoirs “Я – мене – мені…(і довкруги).”: Спогади. He died in 2002 at New York hospital.

Scholar contribution

He prepared and published more then 600 scholar text concerning different aspects of the philology of Ukrainian and some other Slavic languages. From 1943 he develop conception of the distinct establishment and developing of Ukrainian and, later, Byelorussian languages - an opposite to generally accepted versions at Ukraine and Byelorussia of the languages common origin and background. Such approaches receive an awesome support at émigré scholar organizations and some western institution but were strongly rejected at the National Academy of Science level of both Slavic countries before 1990s. At Ukraine during early 1990s Shevelov conceptions found some supporters – even he enrolled in to the Commission for new Ukrainian grammar established in 1992– but in general gain minimum scholars support and soon ideas for “new Ukrainian grammar” was postponed till later times.

Bibliography

  • "Головні правила українського правопису" (Nue Ulm, 1946),
  • "До генези називного речення" (Munich, 1947),
  • "Галичина в формуванні нової української літературної мови" (Munich, 1949),
  • "Сучасна українська літературна мова" (Munich, 1949),
  • "Нарис сучасної української літературної мови" (Munich, 1951),
  • "Всеволод Ганцов – Олена Курило" (Winnipeg , 1954),
  • "A Reader іn the Hіstory of the Eastern Slavіc" (New-York 1958, співав.),
  • "The Syntax of Modern Lіterary Ukraіnіan" (1963),
  • "Не для дітей. Літературно-критичні статті і есеї" (New-York, 1964),
  • "A Prehіstory of Slavіc: The Hіstorіcal Phonology of Common Slavіc" (1964, Heidelberg; 1965, New-York),
  • "Dіe ukraіnіsche Schrіftsprache 1798 – 1965" (Wiesbaden, 1966),
  • "Teasers and Appeasers" (1971),
  • "Друга черга: Література. Театр. Ідеології" (1978),
  • "A Hіstorіcal Phonology of the Ukraіnіan Language" (1979» «Історична фонологія української мови», перекл. укр., 2002),
  • "Українська мова в першій половині двадцятого століття(1900 – 1941): Стан і статус" (1987) and many other.


Notes

  1. Шевельов (Шерех), Ю.В. “Я – мене – мені…(і довкруги).”: Спогади. – Х.; Нью-Йорк: Вид-во М.П.Коць, 2001. – Т.1. p 8- 290
  2. Боґуміла Бердиховська. Україна: люди і книжки . КІС, 2009. p 167-169
  3. А. В. Скоробогатов Харків у часи німецької окупації (1941—1943). — Харків: Прапор, 2006. — ISBN 966-7880-79-6
  4. Матеріали міжнародної науково практичної конференції "Пропаганда та "єврейське питання" в ЗМІ на окупованій нацистами території України, 1941—1944" //Наукові записки: Збірник. — К.: Ін т політ. І етнонаціональних досліджень ім. І.Ф. Кураса НАН України, 2006. — Вип. 31 ISBN 966-02-4118-6
  5. Український історичний Журнал ИИ НАН України №9 p.13-28 1993 ISSN 0130-5247
  6. Гончар Олесь. Катарсис. — К.: Український світ, 2000
  7. http://www.ukrposhta.com/www/bulletin.nsf/0/C91830429EF355D3C22574280042C01B?OpenDocument
  8. Past Honorary Degree Recipients
  9. Hedersdoktorer vid humanistiska fakulteten
  10. Шевельов Юрій (Shevelov George) (довідка)
  11. Почесні професори НаУКМА

Book references

  • Шевельов (Шерех), Ю.В. “Я – мене – мені…(і довкруги).”: Спогади. – Х.; Нью-Йорк: Вид-во М.П.Коць, 2001. – Т.1.
  • Боґуміла Бердиховська. Україна: люди і книжки / Переклад з польської Тетяна Довжок. КІС, 2009. p 167-178
  • А. В. Скоробогатов Харків у часи німецької окупації (1941—1943). — Харків: Прапор, 2006. — ISBN 966-7880-79-6


External links

2002. – T. LI. – Nr. 3. – S. 351–360 ]

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