Volodymyr SHuchevych (1849—1915) — vyznachnyy ukrayins′kyy etnohraf, fol′kloryst, publitsyst, pedahoh, kul′turno-osvitniy i hromads′kyy diyach, diysnyy chlen Naukovoho tovarystva im. T. SHevchenka, did holovnoho komandyra UPA henerala Romana SHuchevycha. Naybil′shym rezul′tatom yoho bahatorichnoyi etnohrafichnoyi pratsi stala pyatytomna monohrafiya «Hutsul′schyna», prysvyachena doslidzhennyu material′noyi i duchovnoyi kul′tury halyts′kych hutsuliv, vydana u 1899—1908 rokach Naukovym tovarystvom imeni SHevchenka u L′vovi y nadrukovana u chotyr′och tomach. «Hutsul′schynu» vysoko otsinyly vitchyznyani y zarubizhni diyachi nauky i kul′tury, a Ivan Franko vidznachav, scho pro vartist′ pratsi V. SHuchevycha naykrasche svidchyt′ te, scho vona ische v rukopysi bula perekladena pol′s′koyu. CHetvertyy tom tsiyeyi monumental′noyi pratsi maye odyn rozdil pid nazvoyu «Obryady tserkovni». Dotrymuyuchys′ tserkovnoho kalendarya, Volodymyr SHuchevych rozkryvaye relihiynu sut′ hutsuliv, dotrymannya nymy chrystyyans′kych svyat u poyednanni z mistsevymy viruvannyamy, zvychayamy. Znachnu chastynu knyhy zaymaye opys nayvelychnishoho diystva na Hutsul′schyni — vychid kolyadnykiv, yaki nadayut′ osoblyvoho kolorytu Rizdvyanym svyatam