Support of vital activity of population of Western Ukraine: historical and pedagogical aspect

The article deals with the historical and pedagogical aspect of the activity of voluntary cultural-educational, cooperative, sports and fire societies "Prosvita", "Native school", "People's Trade", "Revision Union of Ukrainian Cooperatives", "Village Owner", "Sokol", "Sokol-Father " in providing support to life, struggle for education, healthcare, sports and welfare of the population of Western Ukraine (XIX – early XX centuries). The activities of Ukrainian cooperative, economic, youth, cultural-educational and sport-fire societies, and other non-governmental organizations, in spite of great difficulties and obstacles, were an important stage in the process of national and cultural revival of the Ukrainian people. The work of members of Ukrainian civil society has gained significant development and has become an important factor in the economic, cultural and spiritual upsurge of the population. They brought up brave, patriotically hardened Ukrainian citizens. The novelty of the research is to prove that Ukrainian public, cultural, educational, economic, sports and fire societies, as a whole, progressive intellectuals of Western Ukraine at the end of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, by their activities, made a significant contribution to improving the livelihoods of the region's population. The practical significance of the activities of domestic scientists lies in the fact that they paid special attention to the formation of a new pedagogical experience, used the achievements of science in favor of the public, the safety of life of the Ukrainian population, which was not properly provided by the state. Implementation of pedagogical ideas and practical achievements of the past successfully continues in independent Ukraine: measures are implemented to raise the level of social consciousness, social protection of the person, and ensure its life.