In the thesis, for the first time in domestic and foreign historical science by introducing into the scientific turnover a substantial array of sources carried out a comprehensive historiographical study of the mill case of right-Bank Ukraine late XVIII – early XX centuries, created a portrait study of the flour-mill industry, conducted a historiographical analysis of the evaluations of his place and role in the historical and socio-economic development of the region, paying special attention to the phenomenal the mill case as the important component of ethnocultural heritage.
Clarified that this topic in historiographical terms, appears multifaceted and complex with the complex issues of Russian history of the late XVIII – early XX centuries, combining the development of historical knowledge of the mill business as the industry and the phenomenon of ethnic culture of Ukraine, an important component of the tangible and intangible heritage. Phenomenalist of millstone is shown through highlighting its role in socio-economic, scientific-technical, educational and cultural processes.
The degree of scientific development of the problem has been determined, the main stages, directions and peculiarities of the scientific development of the topic have been analyzed, the source complex has been identified, systematized and classified, the theoretical and methodological foundations of the research have been clarified, the categorical-conceptual apparatus has been formulated.
The periodization of the problem with its substantiation in the context of the development of the national historiographical process, the latest theoretical approaches and methodology is proposed. Three historiographic periods of the scientific development of the problem were identified: imperial (1793-1917), Soviet (1920-1980), modern (1991-2017), which reflect the main tendencies of world and Ukrainian historical science in interpreting the problems of socio-economic history of the Russian Empire of the late XVIII – early XX centuries in general and Right Bank Ukraine in particular.
The features of the historiographical study of the problem at each stage, which demonstrates its development from benefits technical profile of the Imperial era, the literature reviews in the educational literature of the Soviet period to modern solid individual and collective works. Arguments priority study mill case on the Imperial stage; the features of the Soviet reconstruction topics; emphasis on the expansion of traditions of Russian historiography of the modern Ukrainian researchers.
Broad and diverse source base is analyzed reflected in the scientific literature the main aspects of flour production in the study region. Reviewed the integrity and objectivity of reflection in the historiography of the complex scientific literature and sources on this issue.
The achievements of scientists and scientists in the substantiation of the conceptual foundations of the flour-mill industry are studied. The contribution of researchers to the understanding of the socio-economic, historical and cultural, scientific and technical component of the multinationals is determined. The development of scientific interpretations of various aspects of the theme was discovered and traced in dynamics, changes were considered in its research at different historiographic stages, the main factors that influenced the development of knowledge were determined. The paper analyzes the works devoted to the historical preconditions of formation and the main stages of the development of the mill industry, the formation of the infrastructure of mills, the growth of their marketability, the dynamics of quantitative and qualitative changes in the industry. The emphasis is on the phenomenality of the mill system as an important component of the ethno-cultural heritage.
On the basis of the historiographic analysis are not sufficiently studied aspects of the topic, the directions of future researches are determined.
