The Foundation and Development of publishing Section of Kultur- Lige in Kyiv (1918–1931)

Abstract

The establishment of the cultural and educational organization "Kultur-Lige" was performed as a result of Jewish-Ukrainian cooperation at the period of Ukrainian People's Republic. The newly founded Ministry of Jewish affairs supported the Kultur-Lige in development of the new secular Jewish culture. The article analyzed the newly implemented sources that showed the activities of the secular Jewish culture in the domain of the publishing section. The main methods, used in the article, are the method of synthetic analysis. The method of retrospection was also used by the author. The article is about publishing activity of the Kultur-Lige in Kyiv in 1918–1931. The publishing section identifies as the most fruitful of organization. The proposed education conception of Kultur-Lige required the new education materials. The preparation and publishing of such materials were provided by publishing section. Among the other, the section published fiction, literature for children and periodical publication in Yiddish. The article analyses two periods of the section: the period of independence (before 1921) and the Soviet period (1921–1931). Despite the total liquidation of the organization by the Soviet government, the publishing house continue its activities till 1931. According to these Kyiv in the middle of 1920th received the status of the leading Yiddish publishing city in Eastern Europe.