Podrez Y. Ukrainian expat community in the social-economic sphere of Russia in the 2nd part of the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century (through the example of the participation of the ethnic Ukrainians in the development of the small industrial enterprise)

The object of the research – socio-economic development of the Ukrainian ethnic lands and other regions of compact and disperse residing of Ukrainians, which during second half of ХІХ - the beginnings of ХХ were in administrative borders of Russian province and regions. The dissertation purpose: on the basis of complex and unprejudiced study of source base to systematize and to reconstruct a socio-economic history of Ukrainian diaspora of Russia; to investigate subsystem of the Ukrainian handicraft as a factor of modernization of the Russian economy and indicator of transformation processes of the Russian society in second half of ХІХ - beginning of ХХ. The methods: analysis, synthesis, problem-chronological, historical-chronological, method of analogy, method of the logic and statistical analysis. Scientific novelty: for the first time in domestic historiography the research of Ukrainian diaspora evolution in socio-economic space of Russia is carried out, the processes of creation and functioning of the small industrial enterprises in regions of compact and disperse residing of Ukrainians in pre-Soviet Russia are investigated. Practical value of research: the materials of the dissertation can be used as a theoretical basis for the further scientific study of a history of development of small industrial business of the Ukrainian ethnic population of Russia, for preparation of the educational and methodical manuals, spelling of a wide circle historical, ethno-cultural, local-lore studies, ethnographic, scientific-cognitive and reference books. Sphere of use: higher educational institutions.