Nahaiko K. Kyiv Community in the Ukrainian national movement of the second half of the 19th century – early 20th century.

The dissertation strives to accomplish the academic goal of studying the role played by Kyiv Community (Kyivs’ka Hromada) in the Ukrainian national movement during the second half of the 19th century – early 20th century. This unofficial Ukrainophilist organization that had emerged in the late 1850s – early 1860s united prominent scientific and cultural intellectuals for shaping the national idea. As for now, the history of its activities as a key center of Ukrainian national movement within the stated chronological boundaries has not yet been explored comprehensively in domestic historiography. Due to anthropologization of historical knowledge, researchers’ attention is drawn to aspects concerning exploration of socio-political, cultural and enlightenment practices of the Community’s members, their intellectual heritage and biographies. With identification of Kyiv Community participants, analysis of their relations, changes in their outlook and ideology, we are able to recreate the overall picture of the Community’s history and define specific stages in its activity.