Rudenko Y. Creativity of Raisa Kyrychenko in the context of music and song art of Poltava region (the end of the XXth – beginning of the XXIst cent.).

In this thesis, for the first time in Ukrainian art studies, a comprehensive systematic study of the peculiarities of personality formation and creative activity of Raisa Kyrychenko is carried out in connection with the regional specificity of music and song art of Poltava region. On the basis of a comprehensive study of sources (scientific, memoir, archival, historical and biographical, journalistic, electronic resources, interviews, memoirs), in the historical and theoretical aspects, the artistic potential of Poltava region (traditions of folk song and professional choral art, etc.), as social and cultural basis of Raisa Kyrychenko’s professional formation. The main stages of the singer's creative way are defined, her repertoire, characteristic features of vocal skills, neofolklore features of the performing style are highlighted, the significance of Raisa Kyrychenko's creativity for the cultural and artistic life of Poltava region and Ukraine are found out.