Павло Павлович Білецький-Носенко (1774 – 1856)

Abstract

Запропонована автором стаття має на меті ознайомити читачів часопису з неординарною постаттю П. П. Білецького-Носенка, розкрити роль його творчості, показати суспільно-наукову діяльність та нелегкий шлях невтомного трудівника на педагогічній ниві.

Предложенная автором статья имеет целью познакомить читателей журнала с неординарной личностью П. П. Билецкого-Носенко, раскрыть роль его творчества, показать общественно-научную деятельность и нелёгкий путь неутомимого труженика на педагогической ниве.

Pavlo Biletskyi-Nosenko was born on 27 August 1774 in the city of Pryluky in Chernigiv Region. His noble family had Kozaks and Kozak sergeants in its past. Pavlo could hardly remember his father who was often away from home in military campaigns and was killed in a battle against the Turks. His mother Hanna Maksymivna was a niece of Georgii Konyskyi, a prominent cultural figure of that time. The mother was very strict with children and as she herself was doing all housework, she had no time to take proper care of the children. Having successfully graduated from the Shliachta (noblemen) infantry cadet corps, P. Biletskyi-Nosenko joined Katerynynskyi regiment of chasseurs to serve in the rank of lieutenant. Later he was promoted to the rank of staff-captain. His brilliant military career was stopped by Pavlo’s mother. She decided to marry her son to a daughter of a nobility leader in the town of Konotop. So, P. Biletskyi-Nosenko settled down in the village of Lapyntsi near Pryluky and started extensive civil, literary, and pedagogical activity. He was well educated for his time. He spoke several languages fluently, knew national and world literature, and basics of pedagogic. His library contained several thousands of books in Latin, French, German, Russian, and Polish languages. He was subscribed to a big number of periodicals in various fields of knowledge. Pavlo Biletskyi-Nosenko passed away on 11 June 1856 at the age of eighty one. He was buried in his farmstead in the village of Lapyntsi.