Fedyuk V. Conception of the "spirit of nationality" in historiosophy of Mykola Kostomarov.

The object is changes of Mykola Kostomarov views concerning comprehension of life ethnic as in a context of a history of philosophy, and social philosophy and philosophy of a history. The aim is to deployment the Mykola Kostomarov views on a phenomenon "spirit of nationality", which one is component of a becoming of integrated, objective and original life of the Ukrainian ethnos. The methods are system, historical-comparative, hermeneutic, relation of historical and logical, idealization, interpretations, structural, synchronic and diachronic. The main idea of dissertation consists in the reconstruction of M.Kostomarov's views on the problem of didactic-cultural unity of Ukrainian people being, key role in maintenance and proceeding in which performs the original "spirit of Ukrainian nationality". It is settled that M.Kostomarov was one of the first among the representatives of Ukrainian historic philosophical opinion of XIX century, who develops the socio-philosophical model of Ukrainian ethnos being. He explicates the value of the "spirit of nationality" in quality the "spiritual determinant", "helmsman" of historical process, which performs in the maintenance of forms "ethnic", "folk" and "national" of Ukrainian ethnos being.. As a result of it are reconstructed M.Kostomarov's views in relation to the determining role of Orthodoxy in forming of the most unique, personal and proof touches of Ukrainian ethnos and becoming of Ukrainian national consciousness. Application sphere is the training courses.