GORBAN' I. The Investigation of the Bulgarian Folklore and Folkloristics Folkloristics in Ukrainian Science.

The thesis is devoted to the investigation of the Ukrainian scientists activity concerning the problems of Bulgarian Folklore and Folkloristics. The thesis shows the reasons for the rise of interest in the Bulgarian Folklore and the main stages of its investigation in Ukraine. It elucidates the main directions of Ukrainian scientists' investigations in the context of Bulgarian concordant scientific problems. The work of Ukrainian folklore scientists exploring is considered through the investigation of Bulgarian Folklore both in their mother country and in Ukraine. It was established that the activity of Ukrainian scientists on the problem of folklore poetic art work has been developed in three main directions: compiling and publishing work, folklore research and its popularization. It left a remarkable mark in the history of the Folkloristics.