Civic-political organizations in Left-Bank Ukraine at the beginning of the 20th century in the works of Scottj. Seregni

The history of social and political organizations in the Russian Empire is one of the lesser-studied aspects of foreign historiography. This issue holds a prominent place in the scholarly work of American researcher Scott J. Seregny (1950-2003), a professor at Indiana University and the author of monographs and articles on the history of education, social history, and provincial culture of the Russian Empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His works are distinguished by the extensive use of literature and sources, including the press, memoirs, and archival materials. The purpose of this article is to review the historiographical contributions of American scholar Scott J. Seregny, characterize his works on the condition of the teaching profession at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century, the growing opposition among teachers, and the peculiarities of their relations with the peasantry. The methodology is based on the principles of historicism and objectivity, utilizing methods of analysis and comparison. The scientific novelty lies in the fact that, for the first time in domestic historiography, an overview of the scholarly legacy of American scholar Scott J. Seregny, who dedicated several of his works to civic and political organizations in Ukraine, has been conducted. Conclusions. In the works of American historian Scott J. Seregny, the participation of the pedagogical intelligentsia in the socio-political life of the Russian Empire at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries is characterized. He concludes that both the autocracy and the zemstvos, with their noble majority, failed to engage teachers as effective intermediaries between the privileged strata of society and the general populace. He pays particular attention to events in Dnieper Ukraine and the activities of the Teachers’ Union and the Peasant Union in Ukrainian provinces. According to Seregny, the authorities' suppression of the Peasant Union and the Teachers' Union undermined the prospects for a peaceful resolution, which in turn led to the radicalization of the population in the subsequent revolution.