Stoyan O. Analysis of history and evolution of coastal science as a geographical discipline.

The dissertation is devoted to exposure and analysis of regularity genesis and development of the structure of coastal sciences, its practical setting, and working out the totals of its development as the geographycal science. The origin of the science is a result of its practical value, but purposeful accumulation of the materials and form the techniques of research starts from the beginning of the 19 century. From the end of the19 to middle of the 20 century is a first attampts of the theoretical generalizations, and development of the mass regional coastal studies. The beginning of the 21 century the coastal science starts to allocate individual direction, its become more perfect.