“THE CONTEMPORARIES’ OPINIONS OF HIM ARE SO VARIED...”: THE PERSONALITY OF VASYL’ KARAZIN (1773–1842) AS SEEN BY THE PEOPLE WHO KNEW HIM
Journal: The European philosophical and historical discourse
Year: 2020

In the present paper, the contemporaries’ impressions about the personality of a famous scientist and public figure Vasyl’ Nazarovych Karazin (1773–1842) were researched. For this&#13;\npurpose, the massif of ego‐documents (diaries, letters, memoirs) was analyzed. These sources were created by people from different communication “circles” of V. N. Karazin (the family, Kharkiv and Ukrainian‐Sloboda community, contacts in the Moscow and Saint‐&#13;\nPetersburg) except for his foreign acquaintances