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Public Corrections & Fact-Check Log

A public register of corrected mistakes, refuted myths, source contradictions, and verified biographical evidence.

9All records 3Refuted connections 5Source contradictions 1Verified by source

Scholarly integrity requires transparent recording of contradictions between sources, refuted conflations (e.g. distinct publishers or journals), and verified historical facts.

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R0053 Chas Publishing (Kyiv — Prague)

Refuted connections

Assertion or relation:

«The Chas publisher (R0053) is the same as other Prague émigré publishers (Siyach, R0052; Proboiem, R0055).»

Audit conclusion:

Refuted in dossiers R0052 and R0055: they are distinct publishers (distinct_prague_publisher / not_same_publisher_as).

Editorial explanation & sources:

According to dossier R0053, Chas was founded in Kyiv in 1908 and opened a Prague line in 1919 (imprint "Kyiv—Prague", historical address Smíchov, Karlova 13). The dossier separates Chas from other émigré publishers and journals (Knyhar, Knyholiub R0089).

2026-10-25 CH01 (R0053): https://www.istpravda.com.ua/articles/2023/10/16/163239/ ↗ Dossier / Entity (R0053) →

R0018 Oleksandr Oles & Tomáš G. Masaryk

Refuted connections

Assertion or relation:

«Oleksandr Oles maintained close personal friendship with President T. G. Masaryk.»

Audit conclusion:

Refuted as unproven: archival records show no direct personal correspondence or private meetings.

Editorial explanation & sources:

Oles’ poem in memory of President Masaryk proves literary admiration, not personal friendship. The edge is categorized as thematic context rather than verified personal correspondence.

2026-10-11 O02; O08 (R0018): https://mzv.gov.cz/kiev/cz/zpravy_a_udalosti/panychida_za_oleksandra_olese.html ↗ Dossier / Entity (R0018) →

R0018 Oleksandr Oles (Oleksandr Kandyba)

Refuted connections

Assertion or relation:

«Oleksandr Oles is buried at the Olšany Cemeteries in Prague.»

Audit conclusion:

Refuted in present tense (burial lasted 1944–2017).

Editorial explanation & sources:

Following exhumation in Jan 2017 after plot lease expiration, the remains of the poet and his wife were solemnly reinterred on 29 Jan 2017 at the Lukyanivka cemetery in Kyiv. The Olšany location is now a site of memory, not an active grave.

2017-01-29 OLS04: https://mzv.gov.cz/kiev/cz/zpravy_a_udalosti/panychida_za_oleksandra_olese.html ↗ Dossier / Entity (R0018) →