FROM GEORGII HERASHCHENKO TO GEO CHORNOMORETS: THE ODESA DECADE BY YURII LYPA

The article deals with the Odesa page of the biography of the Ukrainian physician, artist and thinker Yuriy Ivanovych Lypa (1900–1944). Bibliographic and historiographical reviews were carried out. The connection of Yuriy Lypa's ancestors with Odesa is noted. The chronological and event framework of the Odessa section of his life path is outlined, the circumstances of biographical changes are revealed. Using specific examples from pre-revolutionary and revolutionary times, the possible ideological influences of the environment on the formation of Yuriy Lypa as a future figure of the Ukrainian national movement and creator of Ukrainian national thought are demonstrated. In conclusion, it is noted that the Odesa decade had an impact on Yu. Lypa's activity and creativity.