Igor S. Sources from the History of Ukrainian Political Parties at the End of the 19th - the Beginning of the 20th Centuries

The following thesis contains a thorough analysis of the history of Ukrainian political parties at the end of the 19th - the beginning of the 20th centuries: historiography of political parties is analysed, the peculiarities of the data sources formation on the territory of Ukraine, which was under the power of the Russian and Austria-Hungarian empires, are identified. Special attention is paid to the sources of the political parties, origin: their classification is given, the peculiarities of each sourse group and their scientific importance are identified. Modern computer technologies are used while analysing the documents of Ukrainian political parties, as wellas other types of sourses. The use of sourse from the history of Ukrainian political parties in modern researches is analysed. The significance of use of separate groups of non-political origin sources in the process of studying the activity of Ukrainian political parties is considered. Suggestions for the use of the researches results of in academic and pedagogical activities are given. Materials of the research are represented in the author's published works.