Regional features of the formation of the humanitarian intelligentsia in the Right-Bank Ukraine (60s of the 19th - the first decades of the 20th centuries) ; Регіональні особливості формування гуманітарної інтелігенції в Правобережній Україні (60-ті рр. ХІХ – перші десятиліття ХХ ст.)

The aim of the research is to explore the formation of the humanitarian intelligentsia on the territory of the Right Bank of Ukraine. The emergence of this social group in the region had a number of features related to geographical, national and economic factors. The research methodology. Achieving the goal of research and solving its main tasks led to the use of general scientific, general historical and source methods of social sciences. It is important to use the methods of analysis and synthesis, which help emphasize the key elements of the outlined issues. The scientific novelty of the research. It consists in a comprehensive coverage of the role of geographical and economic factors in the formation of the intelligentsia in the large Ukrainian region – the Right Bank of Ukraine. The influence of other factors on its progress in the second half of the XIX century is investigated. Conclusions. The border location of the region and its long stay in Poland led to a weaker cultural influence on the part of the Russian Empire than in other regions of the Dnieper region, and a significant number of local intellectuals were of Polish and Jewish descent. An important milestone in the formation of the Ukrainian intelligentsia were the liberal-democratic reforms of Alexander II, which removed obstacles to the development of capitalism and laid the foundations of social equality in society. It was after the peasant reform, which took place in Right-Bank Ukraine at a faster pace than in other parts of the Russian Empire, that the Ukrainian intelligentsia ceased to be a class, and the very concept that defined this part of society came closer to modern understanding. Under the influence of these factors, the humanitarian intelligentsia of the Right Bank of Ukraine in the early twentieth century not only performs its inherent professional and creative and cultural functions, but also becomes a leading layer of nation-building. Scientific novelty consists in a comprehensive coverage of the role of conditions and factors of ...