Karaulna O. The South of Ukraine the end of XIX - the beginning of XX century in the context Ukraine of cultural - national renewa

In the investigation the authors observes the period of the end of XIX - the beginning of XX century and analyze the main events, which played a great role in the cultural ascent and national renewal of Ukraine. Although the problem is rather urgent it had never been thoroughly analyzed before. The process of cultural - national renewal was realized in published Ukrainian books and periodic, in scientific and educational activity, in spreading alive Ukrainian language. In the South of Ukraine according to the author's research we may observe the characteristic features of cultural - national renewal in politics, economy, social and art spheres. The elite of the southern part of Ukraine did their best to maintain the renewal processes and add to the cultural thesaurus of Ukraine.