Blazhkevich A. The local bibliography of Halychyna: rise and development (XIX century - 30s of XX century).

The dissertation is devoted to questions of rise and development of the local bibliography in Halychyna in the period of XIX century - 30 years of XX century. The historiography of a problem on the basis of research of literary and archival sources, which entered to a scientific revolution for the first time, is investigated. The main features of rise and development of the local bibliography in Galicia are stated. The basic stages of development of the local bibliography in Halychyna are de-termined: first - first half XIX century; second - second half XIX - beginning XX century (1851-1918); third - 1918-1939 years. The contribution of scientific societies, public organizations, libraries, bodies of a local printing and separate researchers (bibliographers, students of local lore, historians) in creation of the bibliographic information of Halychyna is characterized. This thesis gives the characteristic of Ukrainian periodicals of Halychyna in XIX - 30s of XX. The bibliographic publishing and local activity of scientific societies of Halycian "Prosvita", "The T. Shevchenko scientific society", "Halycian-Russian matytsya", local tourist society "Play" is ana-lyzed. The dissertation covers the little known facts from a history of the local bibliography of Halychyna, which essentially supplement a general picture of development of the local bibliography of Ukraine.