Kopylov S. Ukrainian historical Slavic studies of new time: sources, ways and stages of development.

The dissertation focuses on all the components of historiography process representing the sources of scientific approach to the history of Slavic peoples, ways and stages of Ukrainian historical Slavic studies development of new time. The fac-tors influencing the opinions of Ukrainian historic studies of early new time con-cerning the past of Slavic peoples are being analyzed as well as different forms of external impact on them. The reception of the Slavic world In Ukrainian histo-rio-graphy at the time of Ukrainian Cossack state alongside with the degree of its influence on the origin of scientific study of Slavic peoples history at the end of the 18th century have been outlined. The research tries to investigate scientific, political and ideological reasons causing the academic interest to the past of southern and western Slavs, prerequisites for origin and formation of their histories conceptions. The influence of social and political factors and the Russian Empire policy concerning the countries of Cent-ral and South-East Europe on the development of Ukrainian historical Sla-vic studies in the context of historiography process and the foundation of Sla-vic studies centres in Ukraine have been ascertained. The main stages of de-ve-lop-ment of the new time domestic historical Slavic studies have been defined and the characteristic directions, objects and methods of research have been singled out. The opinions of Ukrainian scholars dealing with the Slavic history research as well as their methodological principles and contribution to the solution of key problems in the ancient and medieval history of Slavic nations have been thoroughly characterized.