Zuyev K. Islam in the east of Ukraine: it essence and historical transformation.

The dissertation is philosophy investigation of Islam in the east of Ukraine, it essence and historical transformation. The author has studied a broad range of literature and archive sources, which allows defining social, economical, cultural and politic causes spreading of Islam in the east of Ukraine and it historical transformation, forming institutes of Islam and acquiring specifically features which has process of spreading Islam in region. In that way, formatted the regional centre of Islam in Ukraine. The process spreading of Islam in region have four generally stages: the first - half of XIX century, second - end ХІХ-beginning ХХ centuries, third - 1920-1980 years and fourth - from 1990. Investigated peculiarities of formation Islamic institutions in the east of Ukraine in all that's stages, that process dependence from migration nationality, which confessed Islam, from different regions of Russian empire and USSR and from other countries, and inside politic of the state in region in differenthistorical period. he process of integration Muslims of the east Ukraine in social and cultural space of Ukraine begun in XIX century which depended from transformation Ukrainian society, in modern - depend from nationality of Muslims, time of migration Muslims to the Ukraine and from relations, interaction between Muslims of the east Ukraine region and Ukrainian society.