The conditions of creation and formation of association activity «Prosvita» in Galychyna are investigated. A particular attention was concentrated on the important side of its activity, namely – on the improvement of peasants economies management, which was backward in Austria and Hungarian empire of that time. Valuable achievements will be used in modern difficult conditions of formation of independent Ukraine. 

«Prosvita», Galychyna, economic activity, Ukrainian intelligentsia, cooperatives, labour