By the Ways of Academician Ahatanhel Krymsky: Cooperation of the Volyn Museum of Local History and Volodymyr Khomenko in the Matter of Preserving the Legacy of the Scientist

Abstract

The article is devoted to the preservation of the scientific and life heritage of Ahatanhel Yukhymovych Krymsky. In particular, the history of the formation of the fund collection of materials about the scientist in the Volyn Museum of Local History is considered. The scientists of the museum not only preserve, but also popularize the legacy of the academician, because the place of his birth was the Volyn city of Volodymyr. Formation of the stock collection began in the early 1970s, and as of 2020, it had about 160 exhibits – original photos, lifetime editions, materials in honor of the scientist, copies of photos and documents. However, in recent years, the collection has been substantially replenished with new ones thanks to the cooperation of the museum with the Zvenyhorod historian and local historian, Volodymyr Mykhailovych Khomenko, a long-term researcher of the life and work of A. Krymsky. The correspondence between the museum staff and Volodymyr Khomenko has been going on for several years. Over the years, the researcher has transferred to the museum’s funds more than a hundred objects of museum value – the lifetime edition of the bibliography of Academician Krymsky; reprints of his works and the works of his father Yukhym Krymsky; books dedicated to the life and scientific legacy of the scientist; their own research; documents testifying to the long-term work of V. Khomenko to preserve the memory of the scientist and his attempts to open a memorial museum in the Krymskys’ family home in Zvenyhorodka; photos related to the academician’s life and work. An important part of the transferred collection is the correspondence of Volodymyr Khomenko with relatives, students and colleagues of Ahatanhel Krymsky. The proposed article provides an overview and analysis of these materials, gives a brief description of the correspondence, highlights the main thematic blocks into which the collection of letters can be conditionally divided. Thanks to V. Khomenko, the fund collection has almost doubled, which will allow Volyn museum workers to properly popularize the name of Ahatanhel Krymsky. At the time of submitting this material, V. Khomenko continues to organize his archive in order to transfer materials about A. Krymsky to the Volyn Museum of Local History, and, therefore, we can hope for the continuation of this publication in future issues.