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1864 In Lviv the society ‘Rus’ka besida” (“Rus
Conversation”) (founded by narodovtsi)
established the Ukrainian professional
theatre for the money gathered by people.
1867 As a result of Austrian-Hungarian
compromise (the lost war to Prussia preceded
it); the Austrian monarchy was turned into a
dualistic Austro-Hungarian monarchy.
Halychyna and Bukovyna became the parts of
the Austrian part of the state, Transcarpathia
joined the Hungarian side. The new
Constitution of Austro-Hungary (1867)
declared equality of all nations – “all nations
of the state are equal in rights, each nation has
a solid right to preserve and develop its
nationality and language”. In Halychyna,
however, with all-powerful Polish
administration, the rights of Ukrainians were
often violated:
- Ukrainian ambassadors (deputies) of the
regional seim had only 15 % of votes and
could not edict or oppose to the Polish;
- in 1866 Polish became the state language of
all regional institutions;
- only the Pole could be the deputy of
Halychyna;
- the Pole was “the minister of Halychyna
affairs” in Vienna.
1868 Narodovtsi founded cultural and educational
society “Prosvita” with a clear goal written in
its statute – “to facilitate education of people
in moral, material and political directions”. A.
Vakhnyanyn, a teacher, journalist and

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