Bovgyria A. The monument of historical thought of Getmanschina in composition of manuscript collections XVIII-th - early XIX-th cent.

On the basis of a great variety of sources the author analyses the Ukrainian manuscriptes collections XVIII-th - early XIX-th centuries, considers the place and functions of this kind of writting monument in the development of the national historical thought. The author has taken studies in the monument of the historical thought of Getmanschina, included in the manuscriptes collections, carried out a textological analyses of the editions and lists of the texts, traditionally covered by the term "cossack's chronicles". It was analysed little-known ukrainian historical chronicles - components of the manuscript collections, researched their structure, source foundation, authorship, peculiarities of the historical's events description in them. In the dissertation was analysed marginal notes and documental materials in structure of manuscript collections carried out their typologization.