Abstract
The article is devoted to the coverage of T. G. Masaryk's personality in the 1920's and 1930's by Ukrainian authors, his outlook, scientific and political activity. The author analyzes the estimation by Ukrainian scholars and publicists of philosophical and political views of T. G. Masaryk, his attitude to national problems in Europe, in particular to the issue of Ukraine's independence. In the conditions of the Ukrainian lands in the interwar period of different states, the objectivity of the coverage and estimations of the views and activities of the first president of Czechoslovakia depended on political conditions. T. G. Masaryk's presidential speech in the Ukrainian Soviet literature was characterized by the prism of the ideology of the Bolshevik Party, presented in the context of criticism of the capitalist system, in particular, in its concrete Czechoslovak incarnation. T. G. Masaryk's activities were disclosed more impartially and comprehensively by Ukrainian authors in Galicia, Transcarpathia, representatives of Ukrainian emigration. The political success of the first president of the Czechoslovak Republic has led to the glorification of his activities. Particular attention was paid to the relevance of the creative heritage of T. G. Masaryk for the liberation struggles of Ukraine. In general, the apologetic nature of publications, some authors expressed critical remarks regarding to T.G. Masaryk in connection with the unrealization of the autonomy of Transcarpathia. Comparison of publications allows us to conclude that the most complete objective publications were published in the Czechoslovak Republic, Galicia, USA. The factual material offered in the publications remains an value basis for the research of T. G. Masaryk's figure.