The source material is divided into thematic groups. The proposed systematisation of the archive was created by the author of the project because the archive had not been processed before. The numbering of the monograph’s appendices (where this archive is also published) follows the principle of the proposed systematisation of the archive as well as the E-ARCHIVE presented below.
The first group includes documentary evidence about the life and work of Anton Ivanovych Hoshkevych (1785-1836):
2. Extract from the Minsk Theological Consistory on the death of priest Anton Hoshkevych on August 12, 1836. 1912.
3. Metrical certificate of death on August 12, 1836, of Antonii Hoshkevych. 1912.
The second group includes documentary evidence of the life and work of Andrii Antonovych Hoshkevych (1819-1855) and his children:
4. “Information about the church of the diocese of Minsk province, Rechytsia district, Yakymova Sloboda village for 1854” (in the original – “Statement of the diocese church of Minsk province Rechytsia district of Yakymova Sloboda village for 1854”). 1912.
5. Extract from the Minsk Theological Consistory on the death of priest Andrii Hoshkevych on May 25, 1855. 1912.
6. Metrical certificate of death of Andrii Hoshkevych on May 25, 1855. 1912.
7. Metrical certificate of death on February 7, 1885 of Andrii Hoshkevych’s son Andrii Andriiovych Hoshkevych (junior). 1912.
The third group includes documentary evidence of the life of the Kyivan priestly family Velednytsky:
8. Metrical certificate of death on December 17, 1857 of archpriest of the Tsare-Kostiantynivka church Ivan Ivanovych Velednytskyi. 1872.
9. Certificate of awarding I. Velednytskyi with a pectoral cross (original) on April 26, 1847. 1847.
10. Receipt of Ivan Velednytskyi for the reward of 18 karbovanets for the Order of St. Anne, III degree (original). 1854.
11. Metrical certificates of the Velednytskyi family. 1797-1855.
The fourth group includes documentary evidence of the life and work of Ivan Antonovych Hoshkevych (1824-1871) and his wife Hanna Ivanivna Velednytska-Hoshkevych (1819-1855):
12. Birth certificate of June 4, 1824 of Ivan Antonovych Hoshkevych. July 1856.
13. Birth certificate of June 4, 1824 of Ivan Antonovych Hoshkevych. August 1856.
14. Extract from the metric book on the birth of Hanna Ivanivna Velednytska on February 3, 1836. 1871.
15. Birth certificate of February 3, 1836 of Hanna Ivanivna Velednytska. 1872.
16. Metrical marriage certificate of August 17, 1852 of Ivan Hoshkevych and Hanna Velednytska. 1872.
17. Orders (two items) stating that in 1858 Ivan Hoshkevych took the position of Rector of Tsare-Kostiantynivskyi Church in Kyiv (originals). 1858.
18. Interrogation of Ivan Hoshkevych before his ordination to the priesthood (the sacrament of ordination) (original). 1856.
19. Formular (service) list of Ivan Hoshkevych. 1870.
20. Metrical certificate of death of Ivan Hoshkevych on December 31, 1871. 1872.
21. Certificate issued to Hanna Hoshkevych stating that she could enjoy the noble privileges of her husband. 1883.
The fifth group includes documentary evidence of the life and work of Leonid Ivanovych Hoshkevych (1868-1963) (fig. 4. Father Leonid Hoshkevych in the Holy Spirit Cathedral in Kherson):
22. Certificate of awarding Leonid Hoshkevych with a nabedrennik on February 15, 1900 (original). 1900.
23. Certificate of awarding Leonid Hoshkevych with a skufia on April 12, 1905 (original). 1905.
24. Certificate of awarding Leonid Hoshkevych with a mitre on January 3, 1940 (original). 1940.
25. Certificate of awarding Leonid Hoshkevych with a mitre (copy) on April 28, 1943. 1943.
26. Certificate issued to L. Hoshkevych in connection with his appointment as Quarterly Commissioner of the 64th Quarter of Kherson, City Food Administration; appendix: Introduction Letter (original). No date.
27. A photo of the Japanese artist Miria Saikaka with an inscription on the back: “To the much-respected and dear comrade Leonid Ivanovych Hoshkevych as a souvenir from Miria Saikaka” (original). 1892.
28. Pencil Drawing of an Orthodox Church by the Japanese Miria Saikaka (original). 1885 (fig. 5. Pencil drawing of an Orthodox church. 1885.).
29. Photo of Archbishop M. Yaponskyi (original). 1910.
30. Letter from Archbishop Mykolai Yaponskyi to L. Hoshkevych (original). August 18, 1910.
31. Permission to L. Hoshkevych, priest of the Alexander Nevsky Church in Novyi Buh, to teach the Law of God in the first and second grades of the Novyi Buh Teachers’ Seminary (original). 1903.
32. Certificate no. 470 issued to L. Hoshkevych as a member of the Kherson Teachers’ Union (original). April 4, 1919.
33. Letters to Leonid Hoshkevych from his son-in-law Mykola Bakhmatov, who was imprisoned in 1947 (originals):
a. Letter from February 9, 1947.
b. Letter from April 14, 1947.
c. Letter from August 20, 1947.
d. Letter from October 10, 1947.
The sixth group includes sermons by Father Leonid Ivanovych Hoshkevych. The archive contains several notebooks with handwritten sermons and teachings of the priest, dated 1910 – 1947. In the appendices to the monograph, we have presented the texts of the sermons used in our research.
The seventh group includes documentary evidence of the life and work of Mykhailo Ivanovych Hoshkevych (1853 – ?) (fig. 6. Zemstvo’s Doctor Mykhailo Hoshkevych with his mother):
34. Metrical extract from the Kyiv-Podilsk Assumption Church on the birth of Mykhailo Hoshkevych on June 8, 1853. 1871.
35. Certificate issued to Mykhailo Ivanovych stating that the Pereiaslav Zemstvo “will not oppose Hoshkevych’s replacement of any public or state position” (original). October 22, 1881 (fig. 7. Certificate issued to Mykhailo Hoshkevych. 1881).
36. Letter to the Governor of Kherson stating that the Pereiaslav Zemstvo did not oppose the transfer of doctor Hoshkevych to a new position (original). October 30, 1881.
37. Letter of Appointment of Mykhailo Hoshkevych to the post of Kherson City Doctor (original). October 27, 1881.
38. Formular (service) list of Mykhailo Hoshkevych. 1881.
39. Letter to the medical department of the Kherson Provincial Board from Director of the Kherson Men’s High School informing about the approval of M. Hoshkevych for the position of hygiene teacher (original). 1884.
40. Two letters from the Poltava Provincial Board to the relevant institution in Kherson informing that the former doctor of the Pereiaslav Zemstvo was promoted to the rank of Titular Advisor (rank 9 in the Table of Ranks) due to his years of service (originals). 1882.
41. Resolutions (two items) of the Kherson Provincial Board on the temporary replacement by M. Hoshkevych of his superior, assistant of the provincial medical inspector Zilberstein. 1894.
42. Resolutions (five items) of the Kherson Provincial Board on the temporary replacement by M. Hoshkevych of his superior, Senior Advisor of the Second Department of the Kherson Provincial Board Volodymyr Mykolaiovych Chyriev. May 1897 – May 1899.
43. Resolutions of the Kherson Provincial Board on the temporary replacement of provincial medical inspector Sotnichevskyi and other colleagues by M. Hoshkevych. Some resolutions refer to Mykhailo Hoshkevych as a state counsellor (a civilian rank of 5th class in the Table of Ranks). We have provided four such resolutions in the appendices to the monograph). 1899 – 1900.
44. Decision on the temporary replacement of M. Hoshkevych with a doctor Berlinerblau (as a zemstvo doctor). 1881.
45. Resolutions of the Kherson Provincial Board dismissing Mykhailo Hoshkevych from temporary replacement of his superiors and colleagues. These resolutions are in line with the previous ones, but relieve Hoshkevych of his temporary duties. Three of these resolutions are presented in the appendices to this monograph. 1894 – 1899.
46. Hospital certificates and resolutions on granting holidays and business trips to M. I. Hoshkevych:
- Hospital certificate stating that in February-March 1886 in St. Petersburg, M. Hoshkevych “suffered from inflammation of the right subcostal pleura.” March 12, 1886.
- Resolution of the Kherson Provincial Government granting M. Hoshkevych a two-month leave of absence. June 3, 1894.
- Resolution of the Kherson Provincial Council granting M. Hoshkevych leave of absence for 28 days. August 8, 1895.
- Memorable Letter from the Kherson Governor on M. Hoshkevych’s leave of absence (original). No date.
- Resolution of the Kherson Provincial Board on granting permission to the governor M. Hoshkevych to participate in the Congress of Doctors. 1889.
47. Resolution of the Kherson Provincial Board on the allocation of a one-time financial aid to M. Hoshkevych “for the upbringing of his son in the amount of 75 karbovanets.” 1899.
48. A letter from the Medical Department of the Ministry of the Internal Affairs to the Kherson Governor, according to which in January 1899 Mykhailo Ivanovych was given a one-time financial aid “for the upbringing of his son in the amount of 75 karbovanets.” 1899.
49. Resolution of the Kherson Provincial Board to issue a copy of M. Hoshkevych’s “service record” to be submitted to the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute named after Emperor Alexander II. 1901.
The eighth group consists of photographs from the Leonid Hoshkevych family archive depicting members of the family and their personal belongings. The archive contains 14 such photos (originals).
The ninth group consists of documents presented in the archive of Leonid Hoshkevych, but not related to the history of the family. In particular, this includes the “Investigation case on the disgraceful behaviour of the drunken priest of the Kherson Holy Spirit Church named after Sevastyian Shumihorskyi (1886-1894)”; requests or records of christening of unknown persons – birth and christening certificates of Anna, daughter of Davyd Kostiantynovych and Mariia Mykhailivna Tarchevskyi, dated February 3, 1871. However, this group of sources is not included in the appendices to the monograph, as it is not of scientific interest to our work.
Shevchenko, А. 2024 Family Archive of Priest Leonid Hoshkevych (1868-1963). Zaporizhzhia Historical Review (the article has been accepted by the editors for publication in issue 2, 2024, publication is expected at the end of June 2024)
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