KRYZHANIVSKYI V. M. Polyarush family memories about Hlukhiv pedagogical institute (1964 – 1972)

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     This article deals with first memoirs published by Polyarush family about intelligent life in Hlukhiv during 1960-th. Oleg Polyarush was born January 5, 1940 in the village Berezivka of  Kirovograd region in the farmers family. From 1959 to 1964 he studied at the Faculty of Philology of Kyiv T. Shevchenko State University (now - Kyiv Taras Shevchenko National University). From 15 August 1964 he worked at the Hlukhiv Pedagogical Institute as a teacher of children's literature, from September 1965 as a senior lecturer of modern Ukrainian language, and from September 7 1965 as a head of subject-methodical commission of languages ​​and literature. On October 6, 1969 he was dismissed due to the introduction of the graduate school of Kiev Pedagogical Institute named after Gorky (now - Drahomanov National Pedagogical University). Tamara Polyarush was born on August 6, 1941 in the village Ponornytsya of Chernigov region. From 1959 to 1964 years she studied at the Ukrainian branch of philological faculty of Kyiv T. Shevchenko State University. Being a student she had an annual practice of Polish at Warsaw University (Poland). From August 1964 to November 1968 she worked at the Hlukhiv Pedagogical Institute.

     Hlukhiv Dovzhenko National Pedagogical University has almost sesquicentennial history, which, unfortunately, not enough covered in the existing local history studies. Further systematic reconstruction of the University’s past is impossible without a significant expansion of the existing source base. Understanding the importance as a historical source of stored assembly and competent documentation is also advisable to fund documents of personal origin (memoirs, diaries). It is to this latter group of documents memories of spouses Polyarush are belong that from 1964 to 1969 worked at the Hlukhiv Pedagogical Institute. Memoirs were written at our request by inhabitants of Kirovograd O.E. and T.I. Polyarush in autumn 2012. Despite its brevity materials are characterized by a high level of assurance that is confirmed by the information stored in personal files which are saved in the high school archive. The document clearly reflected the quality of human heads and teachers of the Institute (multi-rector O.D. Tomchuk, trade-union M.V. Sushchenko, a teacher V.G. Horpynych, spouses O.E. and T.I. Polyarush). The reflection of everyday life of Hlukhiv 1960 - early 1970's Ukrainian intellectuals belongs to the obvious advantages of these memories. In addition, in the memories briefly outlines the fate of Hlukhiv teachers V.A. Horpynych, Z. Y. Krut’, N.A. Holovan, O.E. and T.I. Polyarush.
     The following are the memories O.E. and T.I. Poliarush which are stored in the academic archive of the author of this article. Memories’ copy was passed to the Hlukhiv Historical and Pedagogical Museum. The document is autographed and transmitted without interfering in the original text.

Keywords: Hlukhiv, Pedagogical Institute, Graduate School, memories, O. E. and T. I.  Polyarush, O.D. Tomchuk.