Nykyforov A. Pedagogical and Cultural-Educational Activities of Nykanor Onatsky (1875-1937) on Slobozhanshchyna

The thesis is devoted to a complex research of N. Onatsky's teaching, educational and cultural activities. The state of research on the problem of pedagogical and cultural-educational activities of Nykanor Onatsky is defined and the author's periodization of the development of national scientific thought on the issue is made. The source field of the research is expanded; previously unknown and little-known archival materials are introduced into scientific circulation. The author carried out a bibliographic compilation of scientific papers of the teacher. The periodization of N. Onatsky's life is developed and the leading factors in the formation of his personality are clarified. The stages of pedagogical and cultural-educational activities of Nykanor Onatsky are outlined and justified; their content and educational ideas of the national direction of culture and education are analyzed. The experience of pedagogical work is summarized, the artist's contributions to the development of art education of the region are examined, his creative heritage is characterized, perspective directions of its use in modern cultural-educational life of Slobozhanshchina are highlighted.