This book tells the story of the people who formed the intellectual and social elite of Ukrainian society from the mid-19th to the early 20th century — those who helped lay the cultural and ideological foundations for the Ukrainian Revolution of 1917–1921. The focus is on Kyiv intellectuals whose scholarly work, public engagement, and civic activity contributed to the development of national consciousness and state-oriented thinking.

The biographies are organized by professional field, including politicians, historians of Ukraine, legal historians, church historians, literary scholars, clergy, and cooperative movement leaders. The book also explores the educational institutions where these figures worked and highlights their contribution to Ukrainian historiography and social thought. A distinctive feature of the publication is the inclusion of the Kyiv addresses where these individuals lived, offering readers a unique historical map of the city’s intellectual life.

The book will be of interest to anyone exploring Ukrainian history at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, the evolution of public thought, and the development of ideas of statehood. It is intended both for a general readership and for specialists.

320 pages. Hardcover.