"Dividing Russia: the anniversary of Yuriy Lypa's book was celebrated in Odesa

A discussion dedicated to the 85th anniversary of Yuriy Lypa's book "The Division of Russia" was held with the participation of Igor Stambol, PhD in History, Associate Professor at Borys Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan University.

As noted by the Int'l correspondent, public readings and a mini-lecture "Ivan and Yuriy Lypa: Odesa Bards of the Ukrainian Revolution" were also held.

Ihor Stambol is the head of the Ivan and Yuriy Lyp Charitable Foundation. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Foundation, historians, and publishers from Odesa and, remotely, from Kyiv and Lviv.

"The Partition of Russia is a theoretical and geopolitical work by Yuriy Lypa. It is the final book of the trilogy (The Destiny of Ukraine, The Black Sea Doctrine, The Partition of Russia). The author presented his own historiosophical, cultural, geopolitical, ethnopsychological observations and thoughts on the state and prospects of an integral Russia. He proposed to solve the problem of Russia by disintegrating it.

The book was published in 1941 by the State Publishing House of Ukraine in Warsaw. The places of publication are Kyiv, Odesa, Sevastopol, Kerch, and Rostov. The publication of the book in 1941 coincided with the fiftieth anniversary of the Tarasivists' oath at Taras Shevchenko's grave. The researcher Yurii Lypa argued for the need for the political disintegration of Russia into separate states. He argued that this was the historical destiny of Ukraine. Most of the book argues for the geographical and economic component rather than the political necessity. The book consists of an introduction, 22 chapters, and references. The book has been reprinted several times.

Yurii's father was a prominent Ukrainian writer, physician, and fighter for Ukraine's independence, Ivan Lypa, who was the Central Rada's commissioner of Odesa, Minister of Cults and Religions of the UPR Directory, author of the first draft of the UPR Constitution, and Minister of Health of the UPR government. A street in Odesa is named after Ivan and Yurii Lypa.

Кирило Бойко