Klyuchneva I. Development of the research study of local history in Donbass in 1917 - 1943 years: historical, geographical and prosopographic aspects.

Object: the process of formation and development of regional studies of Donbass 1917-1943 years, the impact of personalities local historians on these processes; objective: to reveal the integral process of regional studies of Donbass in the 1917-1943 years submit assessment of one of the most important periods of its history; methods: comparative-historical, typological and historical, problem-chronological, method zoning regulations, biographical research; results: analysis of the degree of research problems in modern Ukrainian, Soviet and foreign historiography, characterized source base, made historical and geographical analysis of the main stages of regional movement of Donbass, recreated life path activities of researchers of Donbass, created a collective biography of local lore movement figures of Donbass in 1917-1943 years, revealed the basic principles of government policy towards of local lore research in the region, defined the place regional studies of Donbass in national regional studies; novelty: the first selected stages of regional studies in the of Donbass 1917-1943 years, elucidated features of local lore movement in the region, by using prosopographic methods created collective biography figures of local lore movement of Donbass, presented comprehensive assessment of their creative heritage; branch: historiography, source and special historical disciplines.