28 Facts About Dmytro Bahalii

Dmytro Ivanovych Bahalii was a Ukrainian historian and public and political figure, one of founding members of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and a full member of the Shevchenko Scientific Society since 1923.

Dmytro Bahalii served as an official in the Tsarist government, earning the title of Active State Councillor.

Dmytro Bahalii was the first to compile a full collection of the works of Hryhoriy Skovoroda.

Dmitry Dmytro Bahalii was born into the family of a craftsman.

Dmytro Bahalii authored several articles in the Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron.

Since 1883, Dmytro Bahalii was a member of the Historical and Philological Society of Kharkiv University.

Dmytro Bahalii was involved in collecting archival materials from various sources, including provincial institutions and private collections, from Kharkiv, Poltava, and Chernihiv regions.

Dmytro Bahalii accepted the position, despite having to work for several decades without compensation.

In 1887, Dmytro Bahalii defended his doctoral thesis, "Essays on the history of the colonization of the steppe outskirts of the Moscow state," at Moscow University.

Dmytro Bahalii participated in numerous archaeological congresses.

Dmytro Bahalii actively participated in the studies of the Historical Society of the Chronicler Nestor in Kyiv and the Historical and Philological society in Kharkiv.

Dmytro Bahalii attended archaeological congresses in Odessa and Yaroslavl as a delegate from Kharkov University.

Dmytro Bahalii conducted excavations and compiled an archaeological map of the Kharkov province in 1906.

Dmytro Bahalii was one of the first explorers of the Upper Saltov site.

Dmytro Bahalii organized various activities related to the book collection, expanding his practical experience as an expert in librarianship.

Dmytro Bahalii conducts a comparative analysis of the Kharkiv Public Library with other domestic libraries, noting its growth and the expansion of its collections.

Dmytro Bahalii attributed the library's success to its public character, collegial management, democratic traditions, and support for initiative and creativity.

Dmytro Bahalii analyzed the accessibility of library services and the provision of free assistance for scientific activities.

Dmytro Bahalii refers to the library as "the pride of the region" and emphasized the need for increased funding for its maintenance.

Dmytro Bahalii cited the positive experiences of the USA, where each state had a state library, many libraries were established through private donations, and there was a high rate of book publishing.

Dmytro Bahalii viewed the high level of societal readiness for the spread of library services, enlightenment, education, and cultural development as a model for implementation in his own country.

Dmytro Bahalii considered one of the main tasks for the Kharkiv Public Library to be its educational function.

Dmytro Bahalii believed that the library's diverse collection of artistic, popular science, and scientific literature helped readers develop intellectually and spiritually, enabling them to attain higher educational levels.

Dmytro Bahalii stressed the need to expand scientific departments, replenish the collection with scientific literature, and form collections of rare publications, describing the HGB as a serious book repository.

Dmytro Bahalii highlighted the importance of correctly selecting books, especially scientific ones, and ensuring the collection's completeness and systematic replenishment.

Dmytro Bahalii believed that involving specialists from various fields of knowledge in this process was crucial for quality staffing.

Dmytro Bahalii was a full member of the Archaeographic Commission of the Central Archival Administration of the Ukrainian SSR and the scientific editor of the journal Arkhivna Pravo.

Dmytro Bahalii died of pneumonia on 9 February 1932, aged 74.