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and V. Tarnavsky, a landowner and a public
man. The magazine existed till the year of
1907, then it was turned into a monthly
magazine “Ukraine”.
1882 The Ukrainian professional theatre headed
by Mark Kropyvnytsky was opened in
Yelysavetgrad (Kirovograd at present).
1884 The new university statute was introduced
abolishing the autonomy of universities.
1887 Student actions of Kharkiv and Novorossiysk
Universities with the demand of abolition of
reactionary university statute.
1887 The circular regarding the so-called “cook’s
children”, was issued banning to admit
children of lower social stratum to
gymnasiums.
1891-1893 Appearance and activity of “Brotherhood of
Tarasivs”. It was an illegal Ukrainian
organization with a distinct political trend. Its
members called themselves “conscious
Ukrainians”. It was founded by M.
Bazkevych, M. Baizdrenko, I. Lypa, the
students of Kharkiv University and V.
Borovyk, a student of Kyiv University. At T.
Shevchenko’s grave in Kaniv they swore to
be loyal to testaments of the national genius.
First Tarasivs shared sovereignty stands, but
in the course of time the majority believed
that goal to be unreal and began to share
autonomous-and-federalist positions. The
centres of the society appeared in 10 cities of
Ukraine, but in 1893 The centre in Kharkiv
and other in some time were destroyed by the

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