Oleksandr Barvinskyi's Speeches in the Galician Sejm as a Source for Studying the Socio-Economic Situation of Ukrainians at the End of the 19th and the Beginning of the 20th Centuries

This scientific article is devoted to the study of Oleksandr Barvinskyi's speeches in the Galician Sejm as an important source for the analysis of the socio-economic situation of Ukrainians at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries.Barvinskyi, as a well-known politician and public figure, actively spoke in the Sejm on key issues of the socio-economic development of Halychyna.The purpose of this article is to explore the speeches of O. Barvinskyi in the Galician Sejm as a key source for studying the socio-economic status of Ukrainians in the specified period.Through the analysis of his speeches, we seek to reconstruct the complex picture of social, economic, and political processes that took place in Halychyna at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries, and to determine the role and place of Barvinskyi in these processes.The analysis of Barvinskyi's speeches allows us to identify the main social and economic problems that the Ukrainian community faced.His speeches reflect a deep understanding of the relationship between the state and the community, emphasizing the need for social reforms, the development of education and the support of public initiatives.